Extremal distributions under approximate majorization

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAC87CzbMATH Open1396.81055arXiv1706.05264OpenAlexW2807281768WikidataQ124851782 ScholiaQ124851782MaRDI QIDQ4685013FDOQ4685013

Authors: Jonathan Oppenheim, Carlo Sparaciari, M. Horodecki 

Publication date: 4 October 2018

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Although an input distribution may not majorize a target distribution, it may majorize a distribution which is close to the target. Here we introduce a notion of approximate majorization. For any distribution, and given a distance $delta$, we find the approximate distributions which majorize (are majorized by) all other distributions within the distance $delta$. We call these the steepest and flattest approximation. This enables one to compute how close one can get to a given target distribution under a process governed by majorization. We show that the flattest and steepest approximations preserve ordering under majorization. Furthermore, we give a notion of majorization distance. This has applications ranging from thermodynamics, entanglement theory, and economics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.05264

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zbMATH Keywords

majorizationapproximate transformationsstate optimisation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis of variance and covariance (ANOVA) (62J10) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45)

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