We introduce two additive invariants of output quantum channels. If the value of one these invariants is less than 1 then the logarithm of the inverse of its value is a positive lower bound for the regularized minimum entropy of an output quantum channel. We give a few examples in which one of these invariants is less than 1. We also study the special cases where the above both invariants are e...

We discuss the entropy of a circular polymer under a topological constraint. We call it the topological entropy of the polymer, in short. A ring polymer does not change its topology (knot type) under any thermal fluctuations. Through numerical simulations using some knot invariants, we show that the topological entropy of a stiff ring polymer with a fixed knot is described by a scaling formula ...

Recently Lewis Bowen introduced a notion of entropy for measure-preserving actions of a countable sofic group on a standard probability space admitting a generating partition with finite entropy. By applying an operator algebra perspective we develop a more general approach to sofic entropy which produces both measure and topological dynamical invariants. We establish the variational principle ...

The concept of critical points in nuclear phase transitional regions is discussed from the standpoints of Q-invariants and wave function entropy. It is shown that these critical points very closely coincide with the turning points of the entropy and Q-invariants, establishing the singular character of these points in nuclear phase transition regions. Such critical points provide two well define...

We show that for a special class of probability distributions that we call contoured distributions, information theoretic invariants and inequalities are equivalent to geometric invariants and inequalities of bodies in Euclidean space associated with the distributions. Using this, we obtain characterizations of contoured distributions with extremal Shannon and Renyi entropy. We also obtain a ne...

We find the range of a trace on the K0 group of a crossed product by a time-t automorphism of a mapping torus. We also find a formula to compute the Voiculescu-Brown entropy for such an automorphism. By specializing to the commutative setting, we prove that the crossed products by minimal time-t homeomorphisms of suspensions built over strongly orbit equivalent Cantor minimal systems have isomo...

In this paper, we introduce a new entropy-like invariant, named Hausdorff metric entropy, for finitely generated semigroups acting on compact metric spaces from a set-valued view and study its properties. We establish the relation between Hausdorff metric entropy and topological entropy of a semigroup defined by Bis. Some examples with positive or zero Hausdorff metric entropy are given. Moreov...

We present a derivation of the Von Neumann entropy and mutual information of arbitrary two–mode Gaussian states, based on the explicit determination of the symplectic eigenvalues of a generic covariance matrix. The key role of the symplectic invariants in such a determination is pointed out. We show that the Von Neumann entropy depends on two symplectic invariants, while the purity (or the line...

Conserved integrals and invariants (advected scalars) are studied for the equations of radial compressible fluid/gas flow in n > 1 dimensions. Apart from entropy, which is a well-known invariant, three additional found an explicit determination up to first order. One holds...

Recently Lewis Bowen introduced a notion of entropy for measure-preserving actions of a countable sofic group on a standard probability space admitting a generating partition with finite entropy. By applying an operator algebra perspective we develop a more general approach to sofic entropy which produces both measure and topological dynamical invariants, and we establish the variational princi...