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A Sharp Fannes-type Inequality for the von Neumann Entropy

Koenraad M. R. Audenaert

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0610146

Abstract

We derive an inequality relating the entropy difference between two quantum states to their trace norm distance, sharpening a well-known inequality due to M. Fannes. In our inequality, equality can be attained for every prescribed value of the trace norm distance.

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