The intrinsic-capacity decomposition conjecture

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Let WW be a channel and let dec⁡(W)\operatorname{dec}(W) denote its convex decompositions. For λ∈dec⁡(W)\lambda\in\operatorname{dec}(W), write C⁡11(λ)\operatorname{C}_{11}(\lambda) for the corresponding capacity quantity, IC⁡‾11(W)\underline{\operatorname{IC}}_{11}(W) for the lower intrinsic capacity, and Γ⁡λ(1)\operatorname{\Gamma}_\lambda(1) and Γ‾⁡W(1)\operatorname{\overline{\Gamma}}_W(1) for the associated rank probabilities. Intrinsic-capacity decomposition conjecture. If

C⁡11(λ)=IC⁡‾11(W),\operatorname{C}_{11}(\lambda)=\underline{\operatorname{IC}}_{11}(W),

then

Γ⁡λ(1)=Γ‾⁡W(1).\operatorname{\Gamma}_\lambda(1)=\operatorname{\overline{\Gamma}}_W(1).

The conjecture asserts that a decomposition attaining the lower intrinsic capacity also attains the extremal rank probability at 11; this would identify the decomposition needed to achieve the lower bound discussed in the surrounding results. Its resolution is not specified in the source.

References

Primary source

Shengtian Yang, Rui Xu, Jun Chen and Jian-Kang Zhang, “Intrinsic Capacity”, arXiv:1706.06858 (2017).

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