Quantum information theory

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Content: Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition How to use this book Part I. Introduction: 1. Concepts in quantum Shannon theory 2. Classical Shannon theory Part II. The Quantum Theory: 3. The noiseless quantum theory 4. The noisy quantum theory 5. The purified quantum theory Part III. Unit Quantum Protocols: 6. Three unit quantum protocols 7. Coherent protocols 8. Unit resource capacity region Part IV. Tools of Quantum Shannon Theory: 9. Distance measures 10. Classical information and entropy 11. Quantum information and entropy 12. Quantum entropy inequalities and recoverability 13. The information of quantum channels 14. Classical typicality 15. Quantum typicality 16. The packing lemma 17. The covering lemma Part V. Noiseless Quantum Shannon Theory: 18. Schumacher compression 19. Entanglement manipulation Part VI. Noisy Quantum Shannon Theory: 20. Classical communication 21. Entanglement-assisted classical communication 22. Coherent communication with noisy resources 23. Private classical communication 24. Quantum communication 25. Trading resources for communication 26. Summary and outlook Appendix A. Supplementary results Appendix B. Unique linear extension of a quantum physical evolution References Index.