Composite quantum Chernoff conjecture for finitely many hypotheses
Let and be quantum states, and define the sequences
For the optimal worst-case composite error probability, write for the asymptotic error exponent when its limit exists.
Composite quantum Chernoff conjecture. The limit exists, and
Equivalently, the composite exponent is determined by the least favorable individual hypothesis, or by the minimum of the corresponding Chernoff divergences. The conjecture is open even when , with one state in the first hypothesis and two states in the second.
References
Primary source
Zsombor Szilágyi, “On a conjecture regarding quantum hypothesis testing”, arXiv:2011.03342 (2020).
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