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Min- and Max-Entropy in Infinite Dimensions

Quantum Physics 2011-09-20 v2

Abstract

We consider an extension of the conditional min- and max-entropies to infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert spaces. We show that these satisfy characterizing properties known from the finite-dimensional case, and retain information-theoretic operational interpretations, e.g., the min-entropy as maximum achievable quantum correlation, and the max-entropy as decoupling accuracy. We furthermore generalize the smoothed versions of these entropies and prove an infinite-dimensional quantum asymptotic equipartition property. To facilitate these generalizations we show that the min- and max-entropy can be expressed in terms of convergent sequences of finite-dimensional min- and max-entropies, which provides a convenient technique to extend proofs from the finite to the infinite-dimensional setting.

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@article{arxiv.1004.1386,
  title  = {Min- and Max-Entropy in Infinite Dimensions},
  author = {Fabian Furrer and Johan Aberg and Renato Renner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.1386},
  year   = {2011}
}
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