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Infinite dimensionality of the post-processing order of measurements on a general state space

Quantum Physics 2022-11-11 v2

Abstract

For a partially ordered set (S,)(S, \mathord\preceq), the order (monotone) dimension is the minimum cardinality of total orders (respectively, real-valued order monotone functions) on SS that characterize the order \preceq. In this paper we consider an arbitrary generalized probabilistic theory and the set of finite-outcome measurements on it, which can be described by effect-valued measures, equipped with the classical post-processing orders. We prove that the order and order monotone dimensions of the post-processing order are (countably) infinite if the state space is not a singleton (and is separable in the norm topology). This result gives a negative answer to the open question for quantum measurements posed in [Guff T \textit{et al.\/} 2021 \textit{J.\ Phys.\ A: Math.\ Theor.} \textbf{54} 225301]. We also consider the quantum post-processing relation of channels with a fixed input quantum system described by a separable Hilbert space H\mathcal{H} and show that the order (monotone) dimension is countably infinite when dimH2\dim \mathcal{H} \geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.2111.14129,
  title  = {Infinite dimensionality of the post-processing order of measurements on a general state space},
  author = {Yui Kuramochi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.14129},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

32 pages, 2 figures. New appendix (Appendix A) which proves the BSS theorem is added. New references are added