A Geometrical Approach to Quantum Estimation Theory

Abstract

This post is the author's doctoral dissertation back in 1997. The dissertation covers following four kinds of problems: First, it studies achievable Cramer-Rao type bounds of various multi-parameter pure state models. Second, it relates CR-bouds, both of mixed state and pure states, with Berry-Uhlmann curvature. Roughly, it characterize how the statistical model differs from classical probability distribution family. Though the relation is rather qualitative for mixed states, the quantitative relation is obtained for pure state models. Third topic is relation between Berry-Uhlmann geometry and Amari-Nagaoka's quantum information geometry. Forth, various problems in quantum physics, uncertainty relations, measurement of temperature, time reversal symmetry, etc., are discussed using estimation theory.