Note on Von Neumann Entropy and the Ordering of Inverse Temperatures
I show that for two inverse temperatures $\beta_1$ and $\beta_2$, the von Neumann entropy $S(\rho_\beta)$ of the Gibbs state $\rho_\beta$ for a given Hamiltonian $H$ satisfies $S(\rho_{\beta_1}) \geq S(\rho_{\beta_2}) \iff \beta_{1} \leq \beta_{2}$. That is, von Neumann entropy is a monotonically increasing function of temperature.
Publication Details
- Journal
- ArXiv.org
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- Primary Topic
- Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00