Abstract
It is proved that the state of maximum entropy, having observed values for the n observables, X1,…,Xn, is the same state that minimises the matrix of covariances of any n locally unbiased estimators for n parameters for the probability distribution of X1,…,Xn. We sketch how to get a similar result in quantum theory, in which X1,…,Xn are (not necessarily commuting) quadratic forms that are bounded relative to a positive self-adjoint operator H such that exp (-βH) is of trace-class for some positive β.
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