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Monotonicity of quantum relative entropy revisited

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Monotonicity under coarse-graining is a crucial property of the quantum relative entropy. The aim of this paper is to investigate the condition of equality in the monotonicity theorem and in its consequences such as the strong sub-additivity of the von Neumann entropy, the Golden-Thompson trace inequality and the monotonicity of the Holevo quantity.The relation to quantum Markovian states is briefly indicated.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0209053,
  title  = {Monotonicity of quantum relative entropy revisited},
  author = {D. Petz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0209053},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, LATEX file