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In quantum channel discrimination, prepare a density operator on the channel input and an optional quantum ancilla . Under hypothesis the output is
Use a two-outcome quantum measurement and decide for on outcome . The conditional Type I error and Type II error are
With prior probabilities and , symmetric Bayesian discrimination minimizes the average error over the input and measurement.

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