Holevo's theorem

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Holevo_bound
gptkbp:appliesTo quantum communication
quantum channels
gptkbp:citation many quantum information theory textbooks
gptkbp:describes upper bound on the amount of classical information that can be extracted from a quantum system
gptkbp:field gptkb:quantum_information_theory
gptkbp:form I(X:Y) ≤ S(ρ) - Σ p_x S(ρ_x)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Holevo's theorem
gptkbp:implies quantum states cannot be used to transmit more classical information than their entropy allows
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alexander_Holevo
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Problems_of_Information_Transmission
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Shannon_information_theory
quantum channel capacity
quantum entropy
gptkbp:yearProposed 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Holevo_bound
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6