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Quantum hypothesis testing for quantum Gaussian states: Quantum analogues of chi-square, t and F tests

Quantum Physics 2013-06-20 v1 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

We treat quantum counterparts of testing problems whose optimal tests are given by chi-square, t and F tests. These quantum counterparts are formulated as quantum hypothesis testing problems concerning quantum Gaussian states families, and contain disturbance parameters, which have group symmetry. Quantum Hunt-Stein Theorem removes a part of these disturbance parameters, but other types of difficulty still remain. In order to remove them, combining quantum Hunt-Stein theorem and other reduction methods, we establish a general reduction theorem that reduces a complicated quantum hypothesis testing problem to a fundamental quantum hypothesis testing problem. Using these methods, we derive quantum counterparts of chi-square, t and F tests as optimal tests in the respective settings.

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@article{arxiv.1110.6255,
  title  = {Quantum hypothesis testing for quantum Gaussian states: Quantum analogues of chi-square, t and F tests},
  author = {Wataru Kumagai and Masahito Hayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.6255},
  year   = {2013}
}

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34 pages, 3 figures