Abstract
In this paper, Wielandt's inequality for classical channels is extended to quantum channels. That is, an upper bound to the number of times a channel must be applied, so that it maps any density operator to one with full rank, is found. Using this bound, dichotomy theorems for the zero-error capacity of quantum channels and for the Matrix Product State (MPS) dimension of ground states of frustration-free Hamiltonians are derived. The obtained inequalities also imply new bounds on the required interaction-range of Hamiltonians with unique MPS ground state.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5550282 |
| Pages (from-to) | 4668-4673 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Information Theory |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Classical channels
- Wielandt's inequality
- information rates
- quantum channels
- spin systems
- strongly correlated electrons