Section outline

  • Main inequalities satisfied by quantum entropy: convexity (proof), subadditivity (proof), strong subadditivity (review). 

    Purification and Araki-Lieb inequality (proof). Entanglement revisited.

    Mutual information acquired by measurements and Holevo bound (review)

    Reading: chapter 7 (mainly paragraph 7.4 and a discussion of 7.5)