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Lecture notes in computer science

Quantum Discord in Quantum Information Theory – From Strong Subadditivity to the Mother Protocol

Vaibhav Madhok, Animesh Datta

Published Jan 1, 2014• 2 citations
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10.1007/978-3-642-54429-3_13

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