Reply to Jay Lawrence. Comments on Piero Quarati et al. Negentropy in Many-Body Quantum Systems. Entropy 2016, 18, 63

The Comments are explicitly related to contents of two published papers: actual [1] and [2].[...

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Comments on Piero Quarati et al. Negentropy in Many-Body Quantum Systems. Entropy 2016, 18, 63

The purpose of this note is to express my concerns about the published paper by Quarati et al. (Entropy 2016, 18, 63). It is hoped that these comments will stimulate a constructive discussion of the issues involved

Reply to Jay Lawrence. Comments on Piero Quarati et al. Negentropy in Many-Body Quantum Systems. Entropy 2016, 18, 63

The Comments are explicitly related to contents of two published papers: actual [1] and [2].[...