Asymptotic Majorization of Finite Probability Distributions

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  • Asger Kjaerulff Jensen

This paper studies the majorization of high tensor powers of finitely supported probability distributions. Taking two probability distributions P and q to the n 'th and m 'th tensor power, respectively, in such a way that the power of q majorizes the power of P , we ask how large the ratio m/n can become. It is shown that the supremum of such ratios is equal to the minimal ratio of the α -Rényi entropies of P and q for α \in [0,∞]. Consideration of this ratio of tensor powers is motivated, to the author, by the resource theory of quantum entanglement, where the supremum of these ratios corresponds to the asymptotic conversion rate of bipartite pure quantum states under exact, deterministic LOCC transformations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8735828
JournalIEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Volume65
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)8131-8139
ISSN0018-9448
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

    Research areas

  • asymptotic conversion rates, LOCC, majorization, Quantum entanglement, resource theory

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