Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium

Autores
Majtey, Ana P.; Lamberti, Pedro W.; Martín, María Teresa; Plastino, Ángel Luis
Año de publicación
2005
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inglés
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The notion of distinguishability between quantum states has shown to be fundamental in the frame of quantum information theory. In this paper we present a new distinguishability criterium by using a information theoretic quantity: the Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD). This quantity has several interesting properties, both from a conceptual and a formal point of view. Previous to define this distinguishability criterium, we review some of the most frequently used distances defined over quantum mechanics’ Hilbert space. In this point our main claim is that the JSD can be taken as a unifying distance between quantum states.
Instituto de Física La Plata
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Física
Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
Quantum mechanics
Information theory and communication theory
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
title Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
spellingShingle Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
Majtey, Ana P.
Física
Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
Quantum mechanics
Information theory and communication theory
title_short Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
title_full Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
title_fullStr Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
title_full_unstemmed Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
title_sort Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Majtey, Ana P.
Lamberti, Pedro W.
Martín, María Teresa
Plastino, Ángel Luis
author Majtey, Ana P.
author_facet Majtey, Ana P.
Lamberti, Pedro W.
Martín, María Teresa
Plastino, Ángel Luis
author_role author
author2 Lamberti, Pedro W.
Martín, María Teresa
Plastino, Ángel Luis
author2_role author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Física
Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
Quantum mechanics
Information theory and communication theory
topic Física
Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
Quantum mechanics
Information theory and communication theory
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The notion of distinguishability between quantum states has shown to be fundamental in the frame of quantum information theory. In this paper we present a new distinguishability criterium by using a information theoretic quantity: the Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD). This quantity has several interesting properties, both from a conceptual and a formal point of view. Previous to define this distinguishability criterium, we review some of the most frequently used distances defined over quantum mechanics’ Hilbert space. In this point our main claim is that the JSD can be taken as a unifying distance between quantum states.
Instituto de Física La Plata
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