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Holevo–Helstrom theorem

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For hypotheses ρ0​,ρ1​ with priors p,1−p, the optimal success probability is
Psucc∗​=21​(1+∥pρ0​−(1−p)ρ1​∥1​).
(1)
An optimal measurement projects onto the positive and negative spectral subspaces of the weighted difference.

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