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Measuring quantum relative entropy with finite-size effect

Quantum Physics 2025-05-07 v4

Abstract

We study the estimation of relative entropy D(ρσ)D(\rho\|\sigma) when σ\sigma is known. We show that the Cram\'{e}r-Rao type bound equals the relative varentropy. Our estimator attains the Cram\'{e}r-Rao type bound when the dimension dd is fixed. It also achieves the sample complexity O(d2)O(d^2) when the dimension dd increases. This sample complexity is optimal when σ\sigma is the completely mixed state. Also, it has time complexity O(d6\polylogd)O(d^6 \polylog d). Our proposed estimator unifiedly works under both settings.

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@article{arxiv.2406.17299,
  title  = {Measuring quantum relative entropy with finite-size effect},
  author = {Masahito Hayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.17299},
  year   = {2025}
}
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