Conjectured bounds relating quantum and private capacities

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Let N{\cal N} be a quantum channel. The quantities Q(1)(N)Q^{(1)}({\cal N}) and P(1)(N)P^{(1)}({\cal N}) denote the single-use quantum and private capacities, while Q(N)Q({\cal N}) and P(N)P({\cal N}) denote their regularized capacities. Let Nc{\cal N}^c be a complementary channel, and let P(Nc)P({\cal N}^c) be the regularized private capacity of the complementary channel.

Capacity bounds conjecture. For a quantum channel N{\cal N},

Q(1)(N)Q(N)Q(1)(N)+P(Nc),Q^{(1)}({\cal N}) \leq Q({\cal N}) \leq Q^{(1)}({\cal N}) + P({\cal N}^c), P(1)(N)P(N)P(1)(N)+Q(Nc)+P(Nc)P(1)(N)+2P(Nc).P^{(1)}({\cal N}) \leq P({\cal N}) \leq P^{(1)}({\cal N}) + Q({\cal N}^c) + P({\cal N}^c) \leq P^{(1)}({\cal N}) + 2P({\cal N}^c).

These inequalities would sharpen the theorem preceding the conjecture by replacing the auxiliary quantity M(Nc)M({\cal N}^c) with the private capacity P(Nc)P({\cal N}^c); their validity would give more direct bounds on regularized capacities in terms of single-use capacities and the complementary channel.

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Christoph Hirche and Felix Leditzky, “Bounding quantum capacities via partial orders and complementarity”, arXiv:2202.11688 (2022).

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