Page curve

noun

The predicted path of the evolution of the von Neumann entropy of a black hole undergoing Hawking radiation through its lifetime, where the Hawking radiation radiates away the quantum information stored within the black hole, to avoid violating the Law of Conservation of Quantum Information.

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Meanings

nounPage curve (plural Page curves)

plural Page curves

  1. The predicted path of the evolution of the von Neumann entropy of a black hole undergoing Hawking radiation through its lifetime, where the Hawking radiation radiates away the quantum information stored within the black hole, to avoid violating the Law of Conservation of Quantum Information.

Origin

From being a curve on a graph derived by physicist Don Page.

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APA

Page curve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Page%20curve

MLA

“Page curve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Page%20curve. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Page curve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Page%20curve.

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