Continuity of entropies via integral representations
arXiv:2408.15226 · doi:10.1109/TIT.2025.3527858
Abstract
We show that Frenkel's integral representation of the quantum relative entropy provides a natural framework to derive continuity bounds for quantum information measures. Our main general result is a dimension-independent semi-continuity relation for the quantum relative entropy with respect to the first argument. Using it, we obtain a number of results: (1) a tight continuity relation for the conditional entropy in the case where the two states have equal marginals on the conditioning system, resolving a conjecture by Wilde in this special case; (2) a stronger version of the Fannes-Audenaert inequality on quantum entropy; (3) better estimates on the quantum capacity of approximately degradable channels; (4) an improved continuity relation for the entanglement cost; (5) general upper bounds on asymptotic transformation rates in infinite-dimensional entanglement theory; and (6) a proof of a conjecture due to Christandl, Ferrara, and Lancien on the continuity of 'filtered' relative entropy distances.
23 pages. In v2 we removed the claims on continuity of quantum channel capacities, as tighter bounds due to Shirokov are already available
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