Von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Algorithmic Randomness
Abstract
A state is a sequence such that is a density matrix on qubits. It formalizes the notion of an infinite sequence of qubits. The von Neumann entropy of a density matrix is the Shannon entropy of its eigenvalue distribution. We show: (1) If is a computable quantum Schnorr random state then . (2) We define quantum s-tests for , show that is covered by a quantum s-test for computable and construct states where this inequality is an equality. (3) If then is strong quantum random. Strong quantum randomness is a randomness notion which implies quantum Schnorr randomness relativized to any oracle. (4) A computable state is quantum Schnorr random iff the family of distributions of the 's is uniformly integrable. We show that the implications in (1) and (3) are strict.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2412.18646,
title = {Von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Algorithmic Randomness},
author = {Tejas Bhojraj},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18646},
year = {2025}
}
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21 pages, 2 figures, submitted to a journal