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Some General Properties of Unified Entropies

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Basic properties of the unified entropies are examined. The consideration is mainly restricted to the finite-dimensional quantum case. Bounds in terms of ensembles of quantum states are given. Both the continuity in Fannes’ sense and stability in Lesche’s sense are shown for wide ranges of parameters. In particular, uniform estimates are obtained for the quantum Rényi entropies. Stability properties in the thermodynamic limit are discussed as well. It is shown that the unified entropies enjoy both the subadditivity and triangle inequality for a certain range of parameters. Non-decreasing of all the unified entropies under projective measurements is proved.

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Rastegin, A.E. Some General Properties of Unified Entropies. J Stat Phys 143, 1120–1135 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-011-0231-x

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