Understanding quantum channels and the strange behavior of their capacities is a key objective of quantum information theory. Here we study a remarkably simple, low-dimensional, single-parameter family of quantum channels with exotic quantum information-theoretic features. As the simplest example from this family, we focus on a qutrit-to-qutrit channel that is intuitively obtained by hybridizing together a simple degradable channel and a completely useless qubit channel. Such hybridizing makes this channel's capacities behave in a variety of interesting ways. For instance, the private and classical capacity of this channel coincide and can be explicitly calculated, even though the channel does not belong to any class for which the underlying information quantities are known to be additive. Moreover, the quantum capacity of the channel can be computed explicitly, given a clear and compelling conjecture is true. This "spin alignment conjecture," which may be of independent interest, is proved in certain special cases and additional numerical evidence for its validity is provided. Finally, we generalize the qutrit channel in two ways, and the resulting channels and their capacities display similarly rich behavior. In the companion paper [Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 200801 (2023); arXiv:2202.08377], we further show that the qutrit channel demonstrates superadditivity when transmitting quantum information jointly with a variety of assisting channels, in a manner unknown before.
Given samples from two non-negative random variables, we propose a new class of nonparametric tests for the null hypothesis that one random variable dominates the other with respect to second-order stochastic dominance. These tests are based on the Lorenz P-P plot (LPP), which is the composition between the inverse unscaled Lorenz curve of one distribution and the unscaled Lorenz curve of the other. The LPP exceeds the identity function if and only if the dominance condition is violated, providing a rather simple method to construct test statistics, given by functionals defined over the difference between the identity and the LPP. We determine a stochastic upper bound for such test statistics under the null hypothesis, and derive its limit distribution, to be approximated via bootstrap procedures. We also establish the asymptotic validity of the tests under relatively mild conditions, allowing for both dependent and independent samples. Finally, finite sample properties are investigated through simulation studies.
In estimation of a normal mean matrix under the matrix quadratic loss, we develop a general formula for the matrix quadratic risk of orthogonally invariant estimators. The derivation is based on several formulas for matrix derivatives of orthogonally invariant functions of matrices. As an application, we calculate the matrix quadratic risk of a singular value shrinkage estimator motivated by Stein's proposal for improving on the Efron--Morris estimator 50 years ago.
This paper focuses on investigating the learning operators for identifying weak solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations. Our objective is to establish a connection between the initial data as input and the weak solution as output. To achieve this, we employ a combination of deep learning methods and compactness argument to derive learning operators for weak solutions for any large initial data in 2D, and for low-dimensional initial data in 3D. Additionally, we utilize the universal approximation theorem to derive a lower bound on the number of sensors required to achieve accurate identification of weak solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations. Our results demonstrate the potential of using deep learning techniques to address challenges in the study of fluid mechanics, particularly in identifying weak solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations.
We investigate error of the Euler scheme in the case when the right-hand side function of the underlying ODE satisfies nonstandard assumptions such as local one-sided Lipschitz condition and local H\"older continuity. Moreover, we assume two cases in regards to information availability: exact and noisy with respect to the right-hand side function. Optimality analysis of the Euler scheme is also provided. Finally, we present the results of some numerical experiments.
The streaming model was introduced to parameterized complexity independently by Fafianie and Kratsch [MFCS14] and by Chitnis, Cormode, Hajiaghayi and Monemizadeh [SODA15]. Subsequently, it was broadened by Chitnis, Cormode, Esfandiari, Hajiaghayi and Monemizadeh [SPAA15] and by Chitnis, Cormode, Esfandiari, Hajiaghayi, McGregor, Monemizadeh and Vorotnikova [SODA16]. Despite its strong motivation, the applicability of the streaming model to central problems in parameterized complexity has remained, for almost a decade, quite limited. Indeed, due to simple $\Omega(n)$-space lower bounds for many of these problems, the $k^{O(1)}\cdot {\rm polylog}(n)$-space requirement in the model is too strict. Thus, we explore {\em semi-streaming} algorithms for parameterized graph problems, and present the first systematic study of this topic. Crucially, we aim to construct succinct representations of the input on which optimal post-processing time complexity can be achieved. - We devise meta-theorems specifically designed for parameterized streaming and demonstrate their applicability by obtaining the first $k^{O(1)}\cdot n\cdot {\rm polylog}(n)$-space streaming algorithms for well-studied problems such as Feedback Vertex Set on Tournaments, Cluster Vertex Deletion, Proper Interval Vertex Deletion and Block Vertex Deletion. In the process, we demonstrate a fundamental connection between semi-streaming algorithms for recognizing graphs in a graph class H and semi-streaming algorithms for the problem of vertex deletion into H. - We present an algorithmic machinery for obtaining streaming algorithms for cut problems and exemplify this by giving the first $k^{O(1)}\cdot n\cdot {\rm polylog}(n)$-space streaming algorithms for Graph Bipartitization, Multiway Cut and Subset Feedback Vertex Set.
We consider finite element approximations to the optimal constant for the Hardy inequality with exponent $p=2$ in bounded domains of dimension $n=1$ or $n\geq 3$. For finite element spaces of piecewise linear and continuous functions on a mesh of size $h$, we prove that the approximate Hardy constant, $S_h^n$, converges to the optimal Hardy constant $S^n$ no slower than $O(1/\vert \log h \vert)$. We also show that the convergence is no faster than $O(1/\vert \log h \vert^2)$ if $n=1$ or if $n\geq 3$, the domain is the unit ball, and the finite element discretization exploits the rotational symmetry of the problem. Our estimates are compared to exact values for $S_h^n$ obtained computationally.
The capacity of a channel characterizes the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted through the channel asymptotically faithfully. For a channel with multiple senders and a single receiver, computing its sum capacity is possible in theory, but challenging in practice because of the nonconvex optimization involved. To address this challenge, we investigate three topics in our study. In the first part, we study the sum capacity of a family of multiple access channels (MACs) obtained from nonlocal games. For any MAC in this family, we obtain an upper bound on the sum rate that depends only on the properties of the game when allowing assistance from an arbitrary set of correlations between the senders. This approach can be used to prove separations between sum capacities when the senders are allowed to share different sets of correlations, such as classical, quantum or no-signalling correlations. We also construct a specific nonlocal game to show that the approach of bounding the sum capacity by relaxing the nonconvex optimization can give arbitrarily loose bounds. Owing to this result, in the second part, we study algorithms for non-convex optimization of a class of functions we call Lipschitz-like functions. This class includes entropic quantities, and hence these results may be of independent interest in information theory. Subsequently, in the third part, we show that one can use these techniques to compute the sum capacity of an arbitrary two-sender MACs to a fixed additive precision in quasi-polynomial time. We showcase our method by efficiently computing the sum capacity of a family of two-sender MACs for which one of the input alphabets has size two. Furthermore, we demonstrate with an example that our algorithm may compute the sum capacity to a higher precision than using the convex relaxation.
We show that spectral data of the Koopman operator arising from an analytic expanding circle map $\tau$ can be effectively calculated using an EDMD-type algorithm combining a collocation method of order m with a Galerkin method of order n. The main result is that if $m \geq \delta n$, where $\delta$ is an explicitly given positive number quantifying by how much $\tau$ expands concentric annuli containing the unit circle, then the method converges and approximates the spectrum of the Koopman operator, taken to be acting on a space of analytic hyperfunctions, exponentially fast in n. Additionally, these results extend to more general expansive maps on suitable annuli containing the unit circle.
We consider two-phase fluid deformable surfaces as model systems for biomembranes. Such surfaces are modeled by incompressible surface Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard-like equations with bending forces. We derive this model using the Lagrange-D'Alembert principle considering various dissipation mechanisms. The highly nonlinear model is solved numerically to explore the tight interplay between surface evolution, surface phase composition, surface curvature and surface hydrodynamics. It is demonstrated that hydrodynamics can enhance bulging and furrow formation, which both can further develop to pinch-offs. The numerical approach builds on a Taylor-Hood element for the surface Navier-Stokes part, a semi-implicit approach for the Cahn-Hilliard part, higher order surface parametrizations, appropriate approximations of the geometric quantities, and mesh redistribution. We demonstrate convergence properties that are known to be optimal for simplified sub-problems.
We consider the information fiber optical channel modeled by the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with additive Gaussian noise. Using path-integral approach and perturbation theory for the small dimensionless parameter of the second dispersion, we calculate the conditional probability density functional in the leading and next-to-leading order in the dimensionless second dispersion parameter associated with the input signal bandwidth. Taking into account specific filtering of the output signal by the output signal receiver, we calculate the mutual information in the leading and next-to-leading order in the dispersion parameter and in the leading order in the parameter signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Further, we find the explicit expression for the mutual information in case of the modified Gaussian input signal distribution taking into account the limited frequency bandwidth of the input signal.