Continuity of Quantum Entropic Quantities via Almost Convexity

Andreas Bluhm, Angela Capel, Antonio Pérez-Hernández

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Abstract

Based on the proofs of the continuity of the conditional entropy by Alicki, Fannes, and Winter, we introduce in this work the almost locally affine (ALAFF) method. This method allows us to prove a great variety of continuity bounds for the derived entropic quantities. First, we apply the ALAFF method to the Umegaki relative entropy. This way, we recover known almost tight bounds, but also some new continuity bounds for the relative entropy. Subsequently, we apply our method to the Belavkin-Staszewski relative entropy (BS-entropy). This yields novel explicit bounds in particular for the BS-conditional entropy, the BS-mutual and BS-conditional mutual information. On the way, we prove almost concavity for the Umegaki relative entropy and the BS-entropy, which might be of independent interest. We conclude by showing some applications of these continuity bounds in various contexts within quantum information theory.
Original languageEnglish
JournalIEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Volume69
Issue number9
Pages (from-to) 5869 - 5901
ISSN0018-9448
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 May 2023
Externally publishedYes

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