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Canonical divergence for flat $\alpha$-connections: Classical and Quantum

Mathematical Physics 2019-10-02 v2 math.MP

Abstract

A recent canonical divergence, which is introduced on a smooth manifold M\mathrm{M} endowed with a general dualistic structure (g,,)(\mathrm{g},\nabla,\nabla^*), is considered for flat α\alpha-connections. In the classical setting, we compute such a canonical divergence on the manifold of positive measures and prove that it coincides with the classical α\alpha-divergence. In the quantum framework, the recent canonical divergence is evaluated for the quantum α\alpha-connections on the manifold of all positive definite Hermitian operators. Also in this case we obtain that the recent canonical divergence is the quantum α\alpha-divergence.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1907.11122,
  title  = {Canonical divergence for flat $\alpha$-connections: Classical and Quantum},
  author = {Domenico Felice and Nihat Ay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.11122},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages

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