Note on Von Neumann Entropy and the Ordering of Inverse Temperatures
Rohit Kishan Ray
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Rohit Kishan Ray
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I show that for two inverse temperatures β1 and β2, the von Neumann entropy S(ρβ) of the Gibbs state ρβ for a given Hamiltonian H satisfies S(ρβ1)≥S(ρβ2)⟺β1≤β2. That is, von Neumann entropy is a monotonically increasing function of temperature.