Measuring quantum relative entropy with finite-size effect

We study the estimation of relative entropy $D(\rho\|\sigma)$ when $\sigma$ is known. We show that the Cramér-Rao type bound equals the relative varentropy. Our estimator attains the Cramér-Rao type bound when the dimension $d$ is fixed. It also achieves the sample complexity $O(d^2)$ when the dimen...

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Main Author: Masahito Hayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften 2025-05-01
Series:Quantum
Online Access:https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2025-05-05-1725/pdf/
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Summary:We study the estimation of relative entropy $D(\rho\|\sigma)$ when $\sigma$ is known. We show that the Cramér-Rao type bound equals the relative varentropy. Our estimator attains the Cramér-Rao type bound when the dimension $d$ is fixed. It also achieves the sample complexity $O(d^2)$ when the dimension $d$ increases. This sample complexity is optimal when $\sigma$ is the completely mixed state. Also, it has time complexity $O(d^6 polylog~d)$. Our proposed estimator unifiedly works under both settings.
ISSN:2521-327X