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Symmetric measurements attaining the accessible information

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A theorem of Davies states that for symmetric quantum states there exists a symmetric POVM maximizing the mutual information. To apply this theorem the representation of the symmetry group has to be irreducible. We obtain a similar yet weaker result for reducible representations. We apply our results to the double trines ensemble and show numerically that for this ensemble the pretty good measurement is optimal.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0509122,
  title  = {Symmetric measurements attaining the accessible information},
  author = {Thomas Decker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0509122},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages, 5 figures

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