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arXiv:2502.12246 · Physical Review Letters

Entropy Inequalities Constrain Holographic Erasure Correction

Bartłomiej Czech, Sirui Shuai, Yixu Wang

Published Sep 4, 2025• 5 citations
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Abstract

We interpret holographic entropy inequalities in terms of erasure correction. The nonsaturation of an inequality is a necessary condition for certain schemes of holographic erasure correction, manifested in the bulk as nonempty overlaps of corresponding entanglement wedges.
DOI
10.1103/dl3c-h3hg

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