function S = renyi(p,rho) % RENYI Renyi entropy % requires: nothing % author: Toby Cubitt % license: GPL2 % % S = RENYI(P,RHO) returns the Renyi p-entropy of state RHO (a % probability distribution or a density matrix) %% Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Toby Cubitt %% %% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or %% modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License %% as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 %% of the License, or (at your option) any later version. %% %% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, %% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of %% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the %% GNU General Public License for more details. %% %% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License %% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software %% Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, %% MA 02110-1301, USA. if size(rho,1) == 1 || size(rho,2) == 1 if size(rho,1) == 1 rho = rho.'; end switch p case 1, S = -rho.'*log2(rho+(rho==0)); case 0, tol = length(rho)*eps(norm(rho)); S = log2(sum(rho>tol)); otherwise S = 1/(1-p) * log2(sum(rho.^p)); end else switch p case 1, e = eig(rho); S = -e'*log2(e+(e==0)); case 0, S = log2(rank(rho)); otherwise, S = 1/(1-p) * log2(trace(rho^p)); end end