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Finding quantitative aspects of quantum phenomena which cannot be explained by any classical model has foundational importance for understanding the boundary between classical and quantum theory. It also has practical significance for…

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We determine the exact error and strong converse exponent for entanglement-assisted classical-quantum channel simulation in worst case input purified distance. The error exponent is expressed as a single-letter formula optimized over…

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The minimum error probability for distinguishing between two quantum states is bounded by the Helstrom limit, derived under the assumption that measurement strategies are restricted to positive operator-valued measurements. We explore…

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We use the smooth entropy approach to treat the problems of binary quantum hypothesis testing and the transmission of classical information through a quantum channel. We provide lower and upper bounds on the optimal type II error of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-11 Nilanjana Datta , Milan Mosonyi , Min-Hsiu Hsieh , Fernando G. S. L. Brandao

The optimal exponential error rate for adaptive discrimination of two channels is discussed. In this problem, adaptive choice of input signal is allowed. This problem is discussed in various settings. It is proved that adaptive choice does…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-24 Masahito Hayashi

We study the discrimination of N mixed quantum states in an optimal measurement that maximizes the probability of correct results while the probability of inconclusive results is fixed at a given value. After considering the discrimination…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ulrike Herzog

Error probability is a popular and well-studied optimization criterion in discriminating non-orthogonal quantum states. It captures the threat from an adversary who can only query the actual state once. However, when the adversary is able…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-11 Weien Chen , Yongzhi Cao , Hanpin Wang , Yuan Feng

We propose upper and lower bounds on the maximum success probability for discriminating given quantum states. The proposed upper bound is obtained from a suboptimal solution to the dual problem of the corresponding optimal state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-12 Kenji Nakahira , Tsuyoshi Sasaki Usuda , Kentaro Kato

The Quantum Reverse Shannon Theorem has been a milestone in quantum information theory. It states that asymptotically reliable simulation of a quantum channel, assisted by unlimited shared entanglement, requires a rate of classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Ke Li , Yongsheng Yao

We study a class of distributed hypothesis testing against conditional independence problems. Under the criterion that stipulates minimization of the Type II error rate subject to a (constant) upper bound $\epsilon$ on the Type I error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-08 Abdellatif Zaidi , Inaki Estella Aguerri

We address the issue of reducing the resource required to compute information-theoretic quantum correlation measures like quantum discord and quantum work deficit in two qubits and higher dimensional systems. We show that determination of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-18 Titas Chanda , Tamoghna Das , Debasis Sadhukhan , Amit Kumar Pal , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

We derive a general lower bound on the minimum-error probability for {\it ambiguous discrimination} between arbitrary $m$ mixed quantum states with given prior probabilities. When $m=2$, this bound is precisely the well-known Helstrom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daowen Qiu

It is a key issue to characterize the model of standard quantum theory out of general models by an operational condition. The framework of General Probabilistic Theories (GPTs) is a new information theoretical approach to single out…

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We give a lower bound on the probability of error in quantum state discrimination. The bound is a weighted sum of the pairwise fidelities of the states to be distinguished.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-15 Ashley Montanaro

We consider a distributed quantum hypothesis testing problem with communication constraints, in which the two hypotheses correspond to two different states of a bipartite quantum system, multiple identical copies of which are shared between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-03 Hao-Chung Cheng , Nilanjana Datta , Cambyse Rouzé

This paper establishes the exact strong converse exponent of the soft covering problem in the classical setting. This exponent characterizes the slowest achievable convergence speed of the total variation to one when a code of rate below…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Xingyi He , S. Sandeep Pradhan , Andreas Winter

We extend the concept of probabilistic unambiguous discrimination of quantum states to quantum state estimation. We consider a scenario where the measurement device can output either an estimate of the unknown input state or an inconclusive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jaromir Fiurasek

A key issue of current quantum advantage experiments is that their verification requires a full classical simulation of the ideal computation. This limits the regime in which the experiments can be verified to precisely the regime in which…

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The problem of testing two simple hypotheses in a general probability space is considered. For a fixed type-I error probability, the best exponential decay rate of the type-II error probability is investigated. In regular asymptotic cases…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Marat V. Burnashev

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