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On the comparison of volumes of quantum states

Quantum Physics 2010-07-09 v2 Information Theory Mathematical Physics Functional Analysis math.IT math.MP

Abstract

This paper aims to study the \a\a-volume of \cK\cK, an arbitrary subset of the set of N×NN\times N density matrices. The \a\a-volume is a generalization of the Hilbert-Schmidt volume and the volume induced by partial trace. We obtain two-side estimates for the \a\a-volume of \cK\cK in terms of its Hilbert-Schmidt volume. The analogous estimates between the Bures volume and the \a\a-volume are also established. We employ our results to obtain bounds for the \a\a-volume of the sets of separable quantum states and of states with positive partial transpose (PPT). Hence, our asymptotic results provide answers for questions listed on page 9 in \cite{K. Zyczkowski1998} for large NN in the sense of \a\a-volume. \vskip 3mm PACS numbers: 02.40.Ft, 03.65.Db, 03.65.Ud, 03.67.Mn

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@article{arxiv.1003.0727,
  title  = {On the comparison of volumes of quantum states},
  author = {Deping Ye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.0727},
  year   = {2010}
}