From c60f823b20713dd69b26fbee32938f618d6b3736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Fabiana=20=F0=9F=9A=80=20=20Campanari?= <113218619+FabianaCampanari@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 23:21:20 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Fabiana 🚀 Campanari <113218619+FabianaCampanari@users.noreply.github.com> --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5f31db6..13794a9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ Feel free to explore, contribute, and share your insights! - $\large \color{DeepSkyBlue} p_i$ are the probabilities of the quantum states. - $\large \color{DeepSkyBlue} |\psi_i\rangle$ are the individual quantum states. +# + +8. **Claude Shannon (1948)** + * Although Shannon is primarily known for classical information theory, his definition of entropy plays a crucial role in both quantum computing and quantum information theory. Shannon's entropy measures the uncertainty of a random variable, and this concept extends to quantum systems, forming the foundation for quantum information theory. + +