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Quantum Rate-Distortion Coding

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

I introduce rate-distortion theory for quantum coding, and derive a lower bound, involving the coherent information, on the rate at which qubits must be used to encode a quantum source with a given maximum level of distortion per source emission. The convexity of the "information rate-distortion function" which defines this bound is also derived.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9806065,
  title  = {Quantum Rate-Distortion Coding},
  author = {Howard Barnum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9806065},
  year   = {2007}
}

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LaTeX, 6 pages, preliminary version