Information causality from an entropic and a probabilistic perspective

Sabri W. Al-Safi and Anthony J. Short
Phys. Rev. A 84, 042323 – Published 11 October 2011

Abstract

The information causality principle is a generalization of the no-signaling principle which implies some of the known restrictions on quantum correlations. But despite its clear physical motivation, information causality is formulated in terms of a rather specialized game and figure of merit. We explore different perspectives on information causality, discussing the probability of success as the figure of merit, a relation between information causality and the nonlocal “inner-product game,” and the derivation of a quadratic bound for these games. We then examine an entropic formulation of information causality with which one can obtain the same results, arguably in a simpler fashion.

  • Received 18 August 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.042323

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Sabri W. Al-Safi* and Anthony J. Short

  • DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom

  • *s.w.al-safi@damtp.cam.ac.uk
  • a.j.short@damtp.cam.ac.uk

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Vol. 84, Iss. 4 — October 2011

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