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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 $p>1$, at the von Neumann point $p=1$, and near $p=0$, while most of the interval $03/4$ 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 random-projection constructions: a product-conjugate Bell-state witness for $p>3/4$, and a transpose-complement rank-defect witness for $p<1/4$. Thus the unresolved part of $0

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Jul 17, 2026
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Quantum Computing
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Quantum Physics
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