Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We extend the classical ideas of the Partial Information Decomposition (PID) to the quantum domain and quantify unique, redundant, and synergistic quantum information. We show that unique information plays the central role in quantum error correction codes: any erasure-correctable subset of encoding qubits must contain zero unique information. Synergistic information between two disjoint subsets of encoding qubits appears when a logical operation is supported on the whole set but not on the subsets separately. In a different application of our PID, we show that redundant quantum information is the crucial feature of the decoherence mechanism proposed by Zurek \textit{et al.} to explain how the classical world emerges out of the quantum world.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Ericson, Sean, Wang, Hailin, van Enk, S. J.
Institution: University of Oregon
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7164032750
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