Transportation cost and contraction coefficient for channels on von Neumann algebras
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| author | Araiza, Roy Junge, Marius Wu, Peixue |
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| contents | We present a noncommutative optimal transport framework for quantum channels acting on von Neumann algebras. Our central object is the Lipschitz cost measure, a transportation-inspired quantity that evaluates the minimal cost required to move between quantum states via a given channel. Accompanying this is the Lipschitz contraction coefficient, which captures how much the channel contracts the Wasserstein-type distance between states. We establish foundational properties of these quantities, including continuity, dual formulations, and behavior under composition and tensorization. Applications include recovery of several mathematical quantities including expected group word length and Carnot-Carathéodory distance, via transportation cost. Moreover, we show that if the Lipschitz contraction coefficient is strictly less than one, one can get entropy contraction and mixing time estimates for certain classes of non-symmetric channels. |
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| spellingShingle | Transportation cost and contraction coefficient for channels on von Neumann algebras Araiza, Roy Junge, Marius Wu, Peixue Operator Algebras Mathematical Physics Functional Analysis Quantum Physics We present a noncommutative optimal transport framework for quantum channels acting on von Neumann algebras. Our central object is the Lipschitz cost measure, a transportation-inspired quantity that evaluates the minimal cost required to move between quantum states via a given channel. Accompanying this is the Lipschitz contraction coefficient, which captures how much the channel contracts the Wasserstein-type distance between states. We establish foundational properties of these quantities, including continuity, dual formulations, and behavior under composition and tensorization. Applications include recovery of several mathematical quantities including expected group word length and Carnot-Carathéodory distance, via transportation cost. Moreover, we show that if the Lipschitz contraction coefficient is strictly less than one, one can get entropy contraction and mixing time estimates for certain classes of non-symmetric channels. |
| title | Transportation cost and contraction coefficient for channels on von Neumann algebras |
| topic | Operator Algebras Mathematical Physics Functional Analysis Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04197 |