The Wehrl entropy has Gaussian optimizers

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The Wehrl entropy has Gaussian optimizers. / de Palma, Giacomo.

In: Letters in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 108, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 97-116.

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de Palma, G 2018, 'The Wehrl entropy has Gaussian optimizers', Letters in Mathematical Physics, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 97-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-017-0994-3

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de Palma, G. (2018). The Wehrl entropy has Gaussian optimizers. Letters in Mathematical Physics, 108(1), 97-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-017-0994-3

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de Palma G. The Wehrl entropy has Gaussian optimizers. Letters in Mathematical Physics. 2018 Jan 1;108(1):97-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-017-0994-3

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de Palma, Giacomo. / The Wehrl entropy has Gaussian optimizers. In: Letters in Mathematical Physics. 2018 ; Vol. 108, No. 1. pp. 97-116.

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