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Counterexamples to additivity of minimum output $p$-Rényi entropy of quantum channels for $p>3/4$ and $0\leq p<1/4$

Debbie Leung

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Additivity of minimum output entropies is a central problem in quantum information theory. Nonadditivity is known for every Rényi order $p>1$, at the von Neumann point $p=1$, and near $p=0$, while most of the interval $0<p<1$ has remained open. We prove that for every Rényi order $p$ satisfying either $p>3/4$ or $0\leq p<1/4$, there exist finite-dimensional projection-induced quantum channels such that additivity of the minimum output $p$-Rényi entropy fails. The proof combines two correlated ra...

Submitted: July 17, 2026Subjects: Quantum Physics; Quantum Computing

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Additivity of minimum output entropies is a central problem in quantum information theory. Nonadditivity is known for every Rényi order p>1p>1, at the von Neumann point p=1p=1, and near p=0p=0, while most of the interval 0<p<10<p<1 has remained open. We prove that for every Rényi order pp satisfying either p>3/4p>3/4 or 0p<1/40\leq p<1/4, there exist finite-dimensional projection-induced quantum channels such that additivity of the minimum output pp-Rényi entropy fails. The proof combines two correlated random-projection constructions: a product-conjugate Bell-state witness for p>3/4p>3/4, and a transpose-complement rank-defect witness for p<1/4p<1/4. Thus the unresolved part of 0<p<10<p<1 is reduced to [1/4,3/4][1/4,3/4]. Our estimates also improve the output dimension threshold for additivity violation of minimum output von Neumann entropy, first established in Belinschi, Collins and Nechida.


Source: arXiv:2607.15210v1 - http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15210v1 PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.15210v1 Original Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15210v1

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Jul 17, 2026
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