Two-Indexed Schatten Quasi-Norms with Applications to Quantum Information Theory

Abstract

We define 2-indexed $(q,p)$-Schatten quasi-norms for any $q,p > 0$ on operators on a tensor product of Hilbert spaces, naturally extending the norms defined by Pisier's theory of operator-valued Schatten spaces. We establish several desirable properties of these quasi-norms, such as relational consistency and the behavior on block diagonal operators, assuming that $|\frac{1}{q} - \frac{1}{p}| \leq 1$. In fact, we show that this condition is essentially necessary for natural properties to hold. Furthermore, for linear maps between spaces of such quasi-norms, we introduce completely bounded quasi-norms and co-quasi-norms. We prove that the $q \to p$ completely bounded co-quasi-norm is super-multiplicative for tensor products of quantum channels for $q \geq p>0$, extending an influential result of [Devetak, Junge, King, Ruskai, 2006]. Our proofs rely on elementary matrix analysis and operator convexity tools and do not require operator space theory. On the applications side, we demonstrate that these quasi-norms can be used to express relevant quantum information measures such as R\'enyi conditional entropies for $\alpha \geq \frac{1}{2}$ or the Sandwiched R\'enyi Umlaut information for $\alpha < 1$. Our multiplicativity results imply a tensorizing notion of reverse hypercontractivity, additivity of the completely bounded minimum output R\'enyi-$\alpha$-entropy for $\alpha\geq\frac{1}{2}$ extending another important result of [Devetak, Junge, King, Ruskai, 2006], and additivity of the maximum output R\'enyi-$\alpha$ entropy for $\alpha \geq \frac{1}{2}$.