From f-divergence to quantum quasi-entropies and their use
Information Theory
2015-05-14 v1 math.IT
Statistics Theory
Quantum Physics
Statistics Theory
Abstract
Csiszar's f-divergence of two probability distributions was extended to the quantum case by the author in 1985. In the quantum setting positive semidefinite matrices are in the place of probability distributions and the quantum generalization is called quasi-entropy which is related to some other important concepts as covariance, quadratic costs, Fisher information, Cramer-Rao inequality and uncertainty relation. A conjecture about the scalar curvature of a Fisher information geometry is explained. The described subjects are overviewed in details in the matrix setting, but at the very end the von Neumann algebra approach is sketched shortly.
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@article{arxiv.0909.3647,
title = {From f-divergence to quantum quasi-entropies and their use},
author = {Denes Petz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3647},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Written version of the lecture in the conference "Information and Communication" held in Budapest