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No-Broadcasting Theorem and Its Classical Counterpart

Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Although it is widely accepted that "no-broadcasting"-the nonclonability of quantum information-is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, an impossibility theorem for the broadcasting of general density matrices has not yet been formulated. In this Letter, we present a general proof for the no-broadcasting theorem, which applies to arbitrary density matrices. The proof relies on entropic considerations, and as such can also be directly linked to its classical counterpart, which applies to probabilistic distributions of statistical ensembles.
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2018818115
FWCI: 5.281
Cites: 31
Cited by: 50
Related to: 10