Convex conservation of von Neumann entropy implies unitarity or antiunitarity

Abstract

On the space of density matrices $D(H)$, Kadison's theorem establishes that all invertible convex transformations $K:D(H)\to D(H)$ are unitarity or antiunitary. For a finite Hilbert space, we propose a similar theorem which replaces the invertibility requirement with that of entropy conservation. Thus, we argue, the supposition of reversibility in quantum mechanics may be replaced with a principle of entropy conservation.

First draft, 10 pages, 2 figures