arXiv:2212.07999

New monotonicity property of the quantum relative entropy

Максим Евгеньевич Широков

Published Dec 15, 2022• 0 citations

Abstract

It is proved that the local discontinuity jumps of the quantum relative entropy do not increase under action of quantum channels and operations.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2212.07999

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