From \(f\)-divergence to quantum quasi-entropies and their use (Q653352)

Summary: Csiszár's \(f\)-divergence of two probability distributions was extended to the quantum case by the author [Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 21, 787--800 (1995; Zbl 0606.46039)]. In the quantum setting, positive semidefinite matrices are in the place of probability distributions and the quantum generalization is called quasi-entropy, which is related to some other important concepts as covariance, quadratic costs, Fisher information, Cramér-Rao inequality and uncertainty relation. It is remarkable that in the quantum case theoretically there are several Fisher information and variances. Fisher information are obtained as the Hessian of a quasi-entropy. A conjecture about the scalar curvature of a Fisher information geometry is explained. The described subjects are overviewed in details in the matrix setting. The von Neumann algebra approach is also discussed for uncertainty relation.