Rényi generalizations of quantum information measures

Mario Berta, Kaushik P. Seshadreesan, and Mark M. Wilde
Phys. Rev. A 91, 022333 – Published 27 February 2015

Abstract

Quantum information measures such as the entropy and the mutual information find applications in physics, e.g., as correlation measures. Generalizing such measures based on the Rényi entropies is expected to enhance their scope in applications. We prescribe Rényi generalizations for any quantum information measure which consists of a linear combination of von Neumann entropies with coefficients chosen from the set 1,0,1. As examples, we describe Rényi generalizations of the conditional quantum mutual information, some quantum multipartite information measures, and the topological entanglement entropy. Among these, we discuss the various properties of the Rényi conditional quantum mutual information and sketch some potential applications. We conjecture that the proposed Rényi conditional quantum mutual informations are monotone increasing in the Rényi parameter, and we have proof of this conjecture for some special cases.

  • Received 13 August 2014
  • Revised 23 December 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.022333

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Mario Berta

  • Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

Kaushik P. Seshadreesan

  • Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA

Mark M. Wilde

  • Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA

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Vol. 91, Iss. 2 — February 2015

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