Equation 13 · How Fast Can a Horizon Learn Which Path You Took?
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Symbol chi_H
ch is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol T
T occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.
Symbol h_2
is one of the signed contributions combined to compute the quantity on the left.
Symbol V
V occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.
=
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
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The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Denominator: 2
The complete quantity below the fraction bar; it must be nonzero for this division.
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With a fixed numerator, increasing a nonzero denominator reduces the fraction. Read it with the definitions, units, and assumptions supplied by the article.
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There is another number in the same pair of states. The Holevo quantity of the equal-prior pure ensemble is . It is the von Neumann entropy of the average conditional state because each conditional state is pure. Holevo’s theorem makes this quantity an upper bound on classical information accessible through a quantum measurement, not a guarantee that an arbitrary one-copy receiver attains it [ 13 ] . Fuchs and Caves developed ensemble-dependent bounds that make the gap between a state’s information content and a receiver’s accessible information explicit [ 15 ] .
Sources cited in the surrounding passage
- [13] Bounds for the Quantity of Information Transmitted by a Quantum Communication Channel ↗
- [15] Ensemble-Dependent Bounds for Accessible Information in Quantum Mechanics ↗
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