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We present a quantum information theory that allows for the consistent description of quantum entanglement. It parallels classical (Shannon) information theory but is based entirely on density matrices, rather than probability…

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The conditional entropy power inequality is a fundamental inequality in information theory, stating that the conditional entropy of the sum of two conditionally independent vector-valued random variables each with an assigned conditional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-01 Giacomo De Palma

"Bounds on information combining" are entropic inequalities that determine how the information (entropy) of a set of random variables can change when these are combined in certain prescribed ways. Such bounds play an important role in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-27 Christoph Hirche , David Reeb

We provide a simple example showing that some conditional information inequalities (even in a weak form) cannot be derived from unconditional inequalities.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-01 Tarik Kaced , Andrei Romashchenko

The entropy region is a fundamental object in information theory. An outer bound for the entropy region is defined by a minimal set of Shannon-type inequalities called elemental inequalities also referred to as the Shannon region. This…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-22 Hitika Tiwari , Satyajit Thakor

Quantum processes can exhibit scenarios beyond a fixed order of events. We propose information inequalities that, when violated, constitute sufficient conditions to certify quantum processes without a fixed causal order -- causally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Matheus Capela , Kaumudibikash Goswami

Shannon entropy, a cornerstone of information theory, statistical physics and inference methods, is uniquely identified by the Shannon-Khinchin or Shore-Johnson axioms. Generalizations of Shannon entropy, motivated by the study of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2026-04-20 Andrea Somazzi , Diego Garlaschelli

In this work, we derive information-theoretic properties for a modified Tsallis entropy, hereinafter referred to as q-entropy. We introduce the notions of joint q-entropy, conditional q-entropy, relative q-entropy, conditional mutual…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Marco A. S. Trindade

A definition of the nonadditive (nonextensive) conditional entropy indexed by q is presented. Based on the composition law in terms of it, the Shannon-Khinchin axioms are generalized and the uniqueness theorem is established for the Tsallis…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sumiyoshi Abe , A. K. Rajagopal

For noncomposite systems in classical and quantum domains, we obtain new inequalities such as the subadditivity and strong subadditivity conditions for Shannon entropies and information determined by the probability distributions and for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Margarita A Man'ko , Vladimir I Man'ko

Ranks of subspaces of vector spaces satisfy all linear inequalities satisfied by entropies (including the standard Shannon inequalities) and an additional inequality due to Ingleton. It is known that the Shannon and Ingleton inequalities…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-07-21 Randall Dougherty , Chris Freiling , Kenneth Zeger

This paper addresses the correspondence between linear inequalities of Shannon entropy and differential entropy for sums of independent group-valued random variables. We show that any balanced (with the sum of coefficients being zero)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Ashok Vardhan Makkuva , Yihong Wu

In this article, we discuss the problem of establishing relations between information measures assessed for network structures. Two types of entropy based measures namely, the Shannon entropy and its generalization, the R\'{e}nyi entropy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-24 Lavanya Sivakumar , Matthias Dehmer

The uncertainty principle can be expressed in entropic terms, also taking into account the role of entanglement in reducing uncertainty. The information exclusion principle bounds instead the correlations that can exist between the outcomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-26 Patrick J. Coles , Marco Piani

The Ingleton inequality is a classical linear information inequality that holds for representable matroids but fails to be universally valid for entropic vectors. Understanding the extent to which this inequality can be violated has been a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Rostislav Matveev , Andrei Romashchenko

The entropy power inequality for independent random vectors is a foundational result of information theory, with deep connections to probability and geometric functional analysis. Several extensions of the entropy power inequality have been…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Mokshay Madiman , James Melbourne , Cyril Roberto

We characterize mutual information as the unique map on ordered pairs of random variables satisfying a set of axioms similar to those of Faddeev's characterization of the Shannon entropy. There is a new axiom in our characterization however…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-30 James Fullwood

Information inequalities appear in many database applications such as query output size bounds, query containment, and implication between data dependencies. Recently Khamis et al. proposed to study the algorithmic aspects of information…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Miika Hannula

Kolmogorov argued that the concept of information exists also in problems with no underlying stochastic model (as Shannon's information representation) for instance, the information contained in an algorithm or in the genome. He introduced…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-07-01 Joel Ratsaby

We show that an information-theoretic property of Shannon's entropy power, known as concavity of entropy power, can be fruitfully employed to prove inequalities in sharp form. In particular, the concavity of entropy power implies the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-13 Giuseppe Toscani