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Title: Multivariate trace inequalities, p-fidelity, and universal recovery beyond tracial settings
Trace inequalities are general techniques with many applications in quantum information theory, often replacing the classical functional calculus in noncommutative settings. The physics of quantum field theory and holography, however, motivates entropy inequalities in type III von Neumann algebras that lack a semifinite trace. The Haagerup and Kosaki Lp spaces enable re-expressing trace inequalities in non-tracial von Neumann algebras. In particular, we show this for the generalized Araki–Lieb–Thirring and Golden–Thompson inequalities from the work of Sutter et al. [Commun. Math. Phys. 352(1), 37 (2017)]. Then, using the Haagerup approximation method, we prove a general von Neumann algebra version of universal recovery map corrections to the data processing inequality for relative entropy. We also show subharmonicity of a logarithmic p-fidelity of recovery. Furthermore, we prove that the non-decrease of relative entropy is equivalent to the existence of an L1-isometry implementing the channel on both input states.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1800872 1839177
NSF-PAR ID:
10459136
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Volume:
63
Issue:
12
ISSN:
0022-2488
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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