Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1983

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The thesis first discusses the history and general properties of entropy, concentrating on the mathematical properties. It then introduces the formalism of stochastic quantum mechanics and the stochastic Boltzmann-Gibbs-Shannon entropy, emphasizing the advantages of the stochastic formalism. The relative entropy for the spin 1/2 system is constructed in the formalisms of usual quantum mechanics and stochastic quantum mechanics. The maximum spin entropy states are then found for the quantum mechanical relative spin entropy and the stochastic classical relative spin entropy. The latter is shown to be an acceptable candidate for a new relative spin entropy for the spin 1/2 system.

Extent

100 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.

Identifier

FADT14182

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