Guesswork of a quantum ensemble
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چکیده
The guesswork of a quantum ensemble quantifies the minimum number guesses needed in average to correctly guess state ensemble, when only one can be queried at time. Here, we derive analytical solutions problem subject finite set conditions, including solution for any qubit with uniform probability distribution. As explicit examples, compute regular polygonal and polyhedral ensemble.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0018-9448', '1557-9654']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.2022.3146463