Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2010-04-21
Commun. Math. Phys. 310, 625-647 (2012)
Physics
Quantum Physics
v4: final version to appear on Communications in Mathematical Physics. v3: submitted version, further improvements and results
Scientific paper
10.1007/s00220-012-1421-3
A family of probability distributions (i.e. a statistical model) is said to be sufficient for another, if there exists a transition matrix transforming the probability distributions in the former to the probability distributions in the latter. The Blackwell-Sherman-Stein (BSS) theorem provides necessary and sufficient conditions for one statistical model to be sufficient for another, by comparing their information values in statistical decision problems. In this paper we extend the BSS theorem to quantum statistical decision theory, where statistical models are replaced by families of density matrices defined on finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, and transition matrices are replaced by completely positive, trace-preserving maps (i.e. coarse-grainings). The framework we propose is suitable for unifying results that previously were independent, like the BSS theorem for classical statistical models and its analogue for pairs of bipartite quantum states, recently proved by Shmaya. An important role in this paper is played by statistical morphisms, namely, affine maps whose definition generalizes that of coarse-grainings given by Petz and induces a corresponding criterion for statistical sufficiency that is weaker, and hence easier to be characterized, than Petz's.
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