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Necessary and sufficient conditions for positive semidefinite quantum mutual information matrices

Quantum Physics 2014-10-28 v1

Abstract

For any nn-partite state ρA1A2An\rho_{A_{1}A_{2}\cdot\cdot\cdot A_{n}}, we define its quantum mutual information matrix as an nn by nn matrix whose (i,j)(i,j)-entry is given by quantum mutual information I(ρAiAj)I(\rho_{A_{i}A_{j}}). Although each entry of quantum mutual information matrix, like its classical counterpart, is also used to measure bipartite correlations, the similarity ends here: quantum mutual information matrices are not always positive semidefinite even for collections of up to 3-partite states. In this work, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the positive semidefinite quantum mutual information matrix. We further define the \emph{genuine} nn-partite mutual information which can be easily calculated. This definition is symmetric, nonnegative, bounded and more accurate for measuring multipartite states.

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@article{arxiv.1410.7245,
  title  = {Necessary and sufficient conditions for positive semidefinite quantum mutual information matrices},
  author = {Feng Liu and Fei Gao and Su-Juan Qin and Qiao-Yan Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7245},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5 pages, no figures

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