Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences · 1977 · 367 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsPhysicsThermodynamicsEntropyEntropy In Statistical MechanicsLinear FunctionalsRelative EntropyVon Neumann AlgebrasVon Neumann Entropy
Earlier definition of the relative entropy of two faithful normal positive linear functionals of a von Neumann algebra is generalized to non-faithful functionals. Basic properties of the relative entropy are proved for this generalization.