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Entropy and Wigner Functions
The properties of an alternative definition of quantum entropy, based on
Wigner functions, are discussed. Such definition emerges naturally from the
Wigner representation of quantum mechanics, and can easily quantify the amount
of entanglement of a quantum state. It is shown that smoothing of the Wigner
function induces an increase in entropy. This fact is used to derive some
simple rules to construct positive definite probability distributions which are
also admissible Wigner functionsComment: 18 page
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