Abstract
We apply the axiomatic approach to thermodynamics presented by Giles to
derive a unique measure of entanglement for bipartite pure states. This
implies that local manipulations of entanglement in quantum information
theory and adiabatic transformations of states in thermodynamics have
the same underlying mathematical structure. We discuss possible
extensions of our results to mixed and multipartite states.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 37903 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 89 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2002 |