Sufficiency conjecture for minimal quantum Rényi divergences under positive maps

A dichotomy is a pair (ρ,σ)(\rho,\sigma) of finite-dimensional density operators. The minimal quantum Rényi divergences, also called the sandwiched quantum Rényi divergences, are denoted by DαminD^{\min}_\alpha. Interconversion is by positive, trace-preserving maps.

Minimal Rényi sufficiency conjecture. The family DminαD^{\alpha}_{\min} provides a sufficient family of divergences for interconversion of finite-dimensional density matrices via positive, trace-preserving maps.

All customary quantum Rényi divergence families are known not to be sufficient for interconversion by completely positive trace-preserving maps, while the minimal (sandwiched) family remains a candidate after passing to positive trace-preserving maps. Whether it is sufficient is left open.

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Niklas Galke, Lauritz van Luijk and Henrik Wilming, “Sufficiency of Rényi divergences”, arXiv:2304.12989 (2023).

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