The intrinsic-capacity decomposition conjecture

Let WW be a channel and let dec(W)\operatorname{dec}(W) denote its convex decompositions. For λdec(W)\lambda\in\operatorname{dec}(W), write C11(λ)\operatorname{C}_{11}(\lambda) for the corresponding capacity quantity, IC11(W)\underline{\operatorname{IC}}_{11}(W) for the lower intrinsic capacity, and Γλ(1)\operatorname{\Gamma}_\lambda(1) and ΓW(1)\operatorname{\overline{\Gamma}}_W(1) for the associated rank probabilities. Intrinsic-capacity decomposition conjecture. If

C11(λ)=IC11(W),\operatorname{C}_{11}(\lambda)=\underline{\operatorname{IC}}_{11}(W),

then

Γλ(1)=ΓW(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.

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

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