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We present a family of easily computable upper bounds for the Holevo (information) quantity of an ensemble of quantum states depending on a reference state (as a free parameter). These upper bounds are obtained by combining probabilistic and metric characteristics of the ensemble. We show that an appropriate choice of the reference state gives tight upper bounds for the Holevo quantity which in many cases improve the estimates existing in the literature. We also present an upper bound for the Holevo quantity of a generalized ensemble of quantum states with finite average energy depending on the metric divergence of an ensemble. In the case of a multi-mode quantum oscillator, this upper bound is tight for large energy. Upper bounds for the Holevo capacity of finite-dimensional quantum channels depending on metric characteristics of the channel output are obtained.
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The research was carried out at the expense of the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-11-00086.
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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Problemy Peredachi Informatsii, 2019, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 3–20.
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Shirokov, M.E. Upper Bounds for the Holevo Information Quantity and Their Use. Probl Inf Transm 55, 201–217 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032946019030013
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