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Quantum information science

the theorem that a quantum source can be compressed to its von Neumann entropy in qubits per signal with vanishing loss of fidelity.

In quantum information science, Schumacher compression refers to the theorem that a quantum source can be compressed to its von Neumann entropy in qubits per signal with vanishing loss of fidelity. This meaning comes from Schumacher (1995) in Physical Review A.[1]

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References

Schumacher, B. (1995). Quantum coding. Physical Review A, 51(4), 2738-2747. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.51.2738

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