Transcendental properties of entropy-constrained sets: Part II

Abstract

In this work, we address the question of the impossibility of certain single-letter formulas by exploiting the semi-algebraic nature of various entropy-constrained sets. The focus lies on studying the properties of the level sets of relative entropy, mutual information, and Rényi entropies. We analyze the transcendental structure of the set of states in which one of the aforementioned entropy quantities is fixed. Our results rule out (semi)algebraic single-shot characterizations of these entropy measures with bounded ancilla for both the classical and quantum cases.