Title :
Towards proving the existence of "bound" information
Author :
Renner, Renato ; Wolf, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Theor. Comput. Sci., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We show that information-theoretically secure key agreement and quantum distillation are strongly related. This leads to new evidence for the existence of bound information, i.e. correlated information not useful for the generation of a secret key.
Keywords :
information theory; quantum cryptography; bound information existence; correlated information; quantum distillation; secure key agreement; Computer science; Hilbert space; Niobium; Phasor measurement units; Probability distribution; Quantum entanglement; Random number generation; Random variables; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7501-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2002.1023375
