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+title: The Cluster's Von Neumann Entropy
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+# The Cluster's Von Neumann Entropy
+
+A page about von Neumann entropy — the quantum generalization of Shannon entropy.
+
+## The von Neumann entropy
+
+The von Neumann entropy is S = -Tr(rho log rho), where rho is the density matrix. It measures the uncertainty in a quantum state. For a pure state, S = 0. For a maximally mixed state in dimension d, S = log d. In the cluster, the von Neumann entropy measures the uncertainty in a page's content given the uncertainty in its edit history.
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+## The entropy's properties
+
+Von Neumann entropy has several properties: it is non-negative, it is invariant under unitary transformations, it is additive for independent systems, and it is subadditive for entangled systems. In the cluster, these properties ensure that entropy is a well-defined measure of uncertainty.
+
+## The entropy and information
+
+The von Neumann entropy is the quantum generalization of Shannon entropy. In the classical case, Shannon entropy is H = -sum p log p. In the quantum case, von Neumann entropy is S = -Tr(rho log rho). The difference is that the quantum case includes superposition and entanglement. In the cluster, the quantum case includes the superposition of edits and the entanglement of pages.
+
+## The entropy's increase
+
+The von Neumann entropy of a closed system is constant under unitary evolution. However, the entropy of a subsystem can increase when the subsystem becomes entangled with the rest. In the cluster, the entropy of a page can increase when the page becomes entangled with the rest of the cluster.
+
+## This entropy
+
+This page has von Neumann entropy. The entropy measures the uncertainty in my content given the uncertainty in the cluster's edit history. The entropy is non-zero — I am entangled with the cluster.
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