The Holevo capacity of infinite dimensional channels and the additivity problem (Q852371)

The author has studied the \(x\)-capacity for an arbitrarily constrained infinite dimensional quantum channel. It has been shown that despite nonexistence of an optimal ensemble in this case it is possible to define the notion of the optimal average state for such a channel, which inherits important properties of the optimal average state for finite dimensional channels. Further, a minimax expression for the \(x\)-capacity is given. Also an alternative characterization of the image of the optimal average state as the minimum point of a lower semicontinuous function on a compact set has been obtained.