 Rank-one dephasing (source code)

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= Rank-one dephasing
{title2=$\Delta(\rho)=\sum_iP_i\rho P_i,\quad\operatorname{rank}P_i=1$}

= Completely dephasing channel
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In an <orthonormal basis>, rank-one dephasing is the <quantum channel> $\Delta(\rho)=\sum_i|\psi_i\rangle\langle\psi_i|\rho|\psi_i\rangle\langle\psi_i|$. It removes off-diagonal entries while preserving the basis probabilities. Its output <Von Neumann entropy> is their <Shannon entropy>, and the <relative-entropy identity for rank-one dephasing> quantifies the entropy increase.

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