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View SchemaCompatibility of quantum states
| Authors | David Poulin, Robin Blume-Kohout |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0205033 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0205033 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.010101 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 67, 010101(R) (2003) |
Abstract
We introduce a measure of the compatibility between quantum states--the likelihood that two density matrices describe the same object. Our measure is motivated by two elementary requirements, which lead to a natural definition. We list some properties of this measure, and discuss its relation to the problem of combining two observers' states of knowledge.
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