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Quantum accessible information and classical entropy inequalities

Quantum Physics 2026-01-30 v5 Information Theory Mathematical Physics math.IT math.MP

Abstract

Computing accessible information for an ensemble of quantum states is a basic problem in quantum information theory. We show that the recently obtained optimality criterion (A.S. Holevo, Lobachevskii J. Math., \textbf{43}:7 (2022), 1646-1650), when applied to specific ensembles of states leads to nontrivial tight entropy inequalities that are discrete relatives of the famous log-Sobolev inequality. In this light, the hypothesis of globally information-optimal measurement for an ensemble of equiangular equiprobable states (quantum pyramids) (B.-G. Englert and J. \v{R}eh\'{a}\v{c}ek, J. Mod. Optics \textbf{57 }N3 (2010) 218-226) is reconsidered and the corresponding entropy inequalities are proposed. Via the optimality criterion, this suggests also an approach to the proof of the conjectures concerning globally information-optimal observables for quantum pyramids.

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@article{arxiv.2506.06700,
  title  = {Quantum accessible information and classical entropy inequalities},
  author = {A. S. Holevo and A. V. Utkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.06700},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

45 pages, no figures. Argument improved, typos corrected. Numerical verification added

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