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The essential nonlinearity ofN-level quantum thermodynamics
Foundations of Physics 11 (3-4):297-305 (1981)
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This paper explores the possibility that linear dynamical maps might be used to describe the energy-conserving, entropy-increasing motions which occur in closed thermodynamic systems as they approach canonical thermal equilibrium. ForN-level quantum systems withN>2, we prove that no such maps exist which are independent of the initial stateOther Versions
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