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QI: Fachverband Quanteninformation
QI 14: Quantum Foundations
QI 14.10: Vortrag
Freitag, 9. September 2022, 12:15–12:30, H9
Transcendental properties of entropy-constrained sets — •Vjosa Blakaj1,2 and Michael Wolf1,2 — 1Technical University of Munich — 2Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Munich, Germany
For information-theoretic quantities with an asymptotic operational characterization, the question arises whether an alternative single-shot characterization exists, possibly including an optimization over an ancilla system. If the expressions are algebraic and the ancilla is finite, this leads to semialgebraic level sets. In this work, we provide a criterion for disproving that a set is semialgebraic based on an analytic continuation of the Gauss map. Applied to the von Neumann entropy, this shows that its level sets are nowhere semialgebraic in dimension d > 2, ruling out algebraic single-shot characterizations with finite ancilla (e.g., via catalytic transformations). We show similar results for related quantities, including the relative entropy, and discuss under which conditions entropy values are transcendental, algebraic, or rational.