Quantum resource degradation theory within the framework of observational entropy decomposition

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.22350v1
• Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:43:01 GMT
• Title: Quantum resource degradation theory within the framework of observational entropy decomposition
• Authors: Xiang Zhou,
• Abstract summary: We propose a quantum resource degradation theory based on the decomposition of observational entropy.<n>Our theory provides greater detail than conventional approaches that rely solely on monotonicity.<n>It also establishes a new framework for understanding quantum resource dynamics.
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• Abstract: In quantum resource theories, traditional scalar measures often fail to capture the evolution of the quality of a resource under free operations. To address this limitation, we propose a quantum resource degradation theory based on the decomposition of observational entropy. We demonstrate that the total inconsistency measure, $\mathcal{O}_{\mathcal{C}}$, can be decomposed into two independent components: inter-block coherence, $\mathcal{C}_{\text{rel}}$, and intra-block noise, $\mathcal{D}_{\text{rel}}$. This decomposition reveals a significant degradation mechanism: under specific free operations, quantum coherence degrades into classical noise. Consequently, even when the total resource quantity is conserved, its quality decreases. This is quantified by the resource purity metric, $η$. Our theory provides greater detail than conventional approaches that rely solely on monotonicity. It also establishes a new framework for understanding quantum resource dynamics. We validate the theory through numerical experiments on Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs), demonstrating its utility in diagnosing and explaining the barren plateau phenomenon (BPP). The proposed framework establishes a new paradigm for managing resource quality, complementing traditional resource quantification. This contributes to the optimization of quantum technologies on current and near-term noisy quantum devices.

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