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The concepts of `conditional entropy' and `information' retain their validity for quantum systems, but their properties differ somewhat from those of their classical counterparts; specifically, some equalities and inequalities of classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lev B. Levitin , Tommaso Toffoli

Transmission of classical information using quantum objects such as polarized photons is studied. The classical (Shannon) channel capacity and its relation to quantum (von Neumann) channel capacity is investigated for various receiver…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Göran Einarsson

There are important algorithms built upon a mixture of basic techniques described; for example, the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) employs both Divide-and-Conquer and Transform-and-Conquer techniques. In this article, the evolution of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Sergey V. Ulyanov , Fabio Ghisi , Ichiro Kurawaki , Viktor S. Ulyanov

Information theory is introduced in this lecture note with a particular emphasis on its relevance to algebraic coding theory. The document develops the mathematical foundations for quantifying uncertainty and information transmission by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-08 El Mahdi Mouloua , Essaid Mohamed

Shannon's mathematical theory of communication defines fundamental limits on how much information can be transmitted between the different components of any man-made or biological system. This paper is an informal but rigorous introduction…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-14 James V Stone

This thesis consolidates, improves and extends the smooth entropy framework for non-asymptotic information theory and cryptography. We investigate the conditional min- and max-entropy for quantum states, generalizations of classical R\'enyi…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Marco Tomamichel

Uncertainty relations based on information theory for both discrete and continuous distribution functions are briefly reviewed. We extend these results to account for (differential) R\'{e}nyi entropy and its related entropy power. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-24 Petr Jizba , Jacob A. Dunningham , Jaewoo Joo

Lectures on classical and quantum cryptography. Contents: Private key cryptosystems. Elements of number theory. Public key cryptography and RSA cryptosystem. Shannon`s entropy and mutual information. Entropic uncertainty relations. The no…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-13 I. V. Volovich , Ya. I. Volovich

Quantum gravity, and quantum cosmology, is not yet a complete nor consistent theory. One of the reasons for this is that the identification of the quantum of gravity is still very elusive. Here we show that the quantum of gravity is the…

General Physics · Physics 2011-05-17 Antonio Alfonso-Faus

This work is a discussion on the concept of information. We define here information as an abstraction that is able to be copied. We consider the connection between the process of copying information in quantum systems and the emergence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-10 Marcin Ostrowski

This book provides an introduction to the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics, with particular focus on its relation to quantum information and its implications for quantum computers and next generation quantum technologies. The text,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-08 Sebastian Deffner , Steve Campbell

Shannon's notion of relative information between two physical systems can function as foundation for statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, without referring to subjectivism or idealism. It can also represent a key missing element in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-21 Carlo Rovelli

This is the draft version of a textbook, which aims to introduce the quantum information science viewpoints on condensed matter physics to graduate students in physics (or interested researchers). We keep the writing in a self-consistent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-02-27 Bei Zeng , Xie Chen , Duan-Lu Zhou , Xiao-Gang Wen

The fundamental question of how information spreads in closed quantum many-body systems is often addressed through the lens of the bipartite entanglement entropy, a quantity that describes correlations in a comprehensive (nonlocal) way.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-06-06 Andrea Pizzi , Daniel Malz , Andreas Nunnenkamp , Johannes Knolle

We describe the universe as a single entangled ensemble of quantum particles. The total entropy of this world ensemble, which can be expressed as a sum of information, thermodynamic and entanglement components, is assumed to be always zero.…

General Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Merab Gogberashvili

This article elaborates on entanglement entropy and quantum information theory of geometric flows of (relativistic) Lagrange--Hamilton mechanical systems. A set of basic geometric and quantum mechanics and probability concepts together with…

General Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 Sergiu I. Vacaru , Laurenţiu Bubuianu

An information theory description of finite systems explicitly evolving in time is presented for classical as well as quantum mechanics. We impose a variational principle on the Shannon entropy at a given time while the constraints are set…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philippe Chomaz , Francesca Gulminelli , Olivier Juillet

Uncertainty relations are central to quantum physics. While they were originally formulated in terms of variances, they have later been successfully expressed with entropies following the advent of Shannon information theory. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Anaelle Hertz , Nicolas J. Cerf

A new axiomatic characterization with a minimum of conditions for entropy as a function on the set of states in quantum mechanics is presented. Traditionally unspoken assumptions are unveiled and replaced by proven consequences of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 Bernhard Baumgartner

This is an informal introduction to the ideas of decoherence and emergent classicality, including a simple account of the decoherent histories approach to quantum theory. It is aimed at undergraduates with a basic appreciation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. J. Halliwell