 Additivity of quantum relative entropy (source code)

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= Additivity of quantum relative entropy

The <quantum relative entropy> is additive on <tensor products>:
$$
D(\rho_A\otimes\rho_B\|\sigma_A\otimes\sigma_B)
=D(\rho_A\|\sigma_A)+D(\rho_B\|\sigma_B).
$$
This follows by expanding $\log(\sigma_A\otimes\sigma_B)=\log\sigma_A\otimes I+I\otimes\log\sigma_B$ and its counterpart for $\rho$.

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