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Geometrical Statistics--Classical and Quantum

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

This is a review of the ideas behind the Fisher--Rao metric on classical probability distributions, and how they generalize to metrics on density matrices. As is well known, the unique Fisher--Rao metric then becomes a large family of monotone metrics. Finally I focus on the Bures--Uhlmann metric, and discuss a recent result that connects the geometric operator mean to a geodesic billiard on the set of density matrices.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0509017,
  title  = {Geometrical Statistics--Classical and Quantum},
  author = {Ingemar Bengtsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0509017},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Talk at the third Vaxjo conference on Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of foundations