Quantum Measurement and Shannon Information, A Reply to M. J. W. Hall

Caslav Brukner, Anton Zeilinger

Published 2000-08-22Version 1

Motivated by Hall's recent comment in quant-ph/0007116 we point out in some detail the essence of our reasoning why we believe that Shannon's information is not an adequate choice when defining the information gain in quantum measurements as opposed to classical observations.