Quantum Wasserstein distance for Gaussian states
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| author | Hertz, Anaelle Ahmadpoor, Mohammad Dzhenzherov, Oleksandr Gerolin, Augusto Heshami, Khabat |
| author_facet | Hertz, Anaelle Ahmadpoor, Mohammad Dzhenzherov, Oleksandr Gerolin, Augusto Heshami, Khabat |
| contents | Optimal transport between classical probability distributions has been proven useful in areas such as machine learning and random combinatorial optimization. Quantum optimal transport, and the quantum Wasserstein distance as the minimal cost associated with transforming one quantum state to another, is expected to have implications in quantum state discrimination and quantum metrology. In this work, following the formalism introduced in [De Palma, G. and Trevisan, D. Ann. Henri Poincaré, {\bf 22} (2021), 3199-3234] to compute the optimal transport plan between two quantum states, we give a general formula for the Wasserstein distance of order 2 between any two one-mode Gaussian states. We discuss how the Wasserstein distance between classical Gaussian distributions and the quantum Wasserstein distance by De Palma and Trevisan for thermal states can be recovered from our general formula for Gaussian states. This opens the path to directly compare various known distance measures with the Wasserstein distance through their closed-form solutions. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum Wasserstein distance for Gaussian states Hertz, Anaelle Ahmadpoor, Mohammad Dzhenzherov, Oleksandr Gerolin, Augusto Heshami, Khabat Quantum Physics Mathematical Physics Optimal transport between classical probability distributions has been proven useful in areas such as machine learning and random combinatorial optimization. Quantum optimal transport, and the quantum Wasserstein distance as the minimal cost associated with transforming one quantum state to another, is expected to have implications in quantum state discrimination and quantum metrology. In this work, following the formalism introduced in [De Palma, G. and Trevisan, D. Ann. Henri Poincaré, {\bf 22} (2021), 3199-3234] to compute the optimal transport plan between two quantum states, we give a general formula for the Wasserstein distance of order 2 between any two one-mode Gaussian states. We discuss how the Wasserstein distance between classical Gaussian distributions and the quantum Wasserstein distance by De Palma and Trevisan for thermal states can be recovered from our general formula for Gaussian states. This opens the path to directly compare various known distance measures with the Wasserstein distance through their closed-form solutions. |
| title | Quantum Wasserstein distance for Gaussian states |
| topic | Quantum Physics Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17809 |