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IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Information and quantum measurement

E. B. Davies

Published Sep 1, 1978• 293 citations
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Abstract

Given a finite number of quantum states with {\em a priori} probabilities, the positive operator-valued measure that maximizes the Shannon mutual information is investigated. The group covariant case is examined in detail.
DOI
10.1109/tit.1978.1055941

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