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View SchemaOn the existence of physical transformations between sets of quantum states
| Authors | Anthony Chefles, Richard Jozsa, Andreas Winter |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0307227 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0307227 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0219749904000031 |
| Journal | Int. J. Quantum Information, vol. 2, no. 1, 11-21 (2004) |
Abstract
Let A = {rho_1,...,rho_n} be a given set of quantum states. We consider the problem of finding necessary and sufficient conditions on another set B = {sigma_1,...,sigma_n} that guarantee the existence of a physical transformation taking rho_i to sigma_i for all i. Uhlmann has given an elegant such condition when both sets comprise pure states. We give a simple proof of this condition and develop some consequences. Then we consider multi-probabilistic transformations between sets of pure states which leads to conditions for the problem of transformability between A and B when one set is pure and the other is arbitrary.
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