Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 65 4 i 2 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
Encode the ensemble label in an orthogonal classical register:The classical-quantum state has , and , where . HenceApplying changes the conditional states to the output ensemble. The same identity gives . Data processing for quantum mutual information, proved in Question 3, therefore yields the Holevo quantity under a quantum channel:This concerns the information available in the whole ensemble, not the change in the entropy of each individual state.