Two notions of free entropy differ even when both are finite

Formal proof listed 1 paper September 25, 2026
What the paper claims, in its own words

Constructs a bounded self-adjoint tuple in a tracial von Neumann algebra whose microstates and nonmicrostates free entropies satisfy −∞<χ<χ∗<∞-\infty\lt \chi\lt \chi^*\lt \infty. This answers Voiculescu’s finite-entropy equality question negatively: the matrix-approximation and free-Fisher-information definitions differ even when both are finite.

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