Subadditivity of the minimum output entropy and superactivation of the classical capacity of quantum multiple access channels

Lukasz Czekaj

Published 2010-12-31, updated 2011-01-05Version 2

We study subadditivity of the minimum output entropy ($H_{min}$) of quantum multiple access channels (MACs). We provide an example of violation of the additivity theorem for $H_{min}$ known in classical information theory. Our result is based on a fundamental property of $MACs$ i.e. independence of each sender. The channels used in the example can be constructed explicitly. On the basis of subadditivity of $H_{min}$ we also provide an example of extremal superadditivity (super activation) of the classical capacity region of MACs.