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Unified entropy entanglement

Wenxue Ren , Binghao Li , Ruiqun Niu , Yu Guo , Shuanping Du This is my paper

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Unified (q,s) entropy entanglement forms a complete multipartite monotone that is tightly monogamous.

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The paper examines unified entropy, which generalizes von Neumann entropy and includes Tsallis and Renyi cases, to build entanglement measures. For parameters q greater than 1 and qs at least 1, the unified-(q,s) entropy entanglement qualifies as an entanglement monotone and satisfies monogamy. The authors introduce two kinds of global multipartite entanglement measures, each split into subclasses by parameter pairs, and analyze them through complete multipartite entanglement measure theory. One subclass meets the criteria for a complete multipartite entanglement monotone and obeys both complete and tight complete monogamy, while the remaining three subclasses do not qualify as complete. They also connect these to genuine entanglement measures and discuss links to bipartite and global entanglement.

Core claim

The unified-(q,s) entropy entanglement with q>1 and qs≥1 is an entanglement monotone, and both it and the (r,t) version are monogamous. Two kinds of global multipartite entanglement measures (GlMEMs) based on unified entropy are defined, each with two subclasses classified by the parameters (q,s) and (r,t). From the view of complete multipartite entanglement measure theory, one is a complete multipartite entanglement monotone that is not only completely monogamous but also tightly completely monogamous, but the other three are not complete. Genuine entanglement measures induced by the unified entropy are explored, along with their relations to bipartite and global entanglement.

What carries the argument

The unified-(q,s) entropy entanglement for q>1 and qs≥1, which extends standard entropies and underpins the GlMEMs that qualify as complete multipartite entanglement monotones under the complete multipartite entanglement measure theory.

If this is right

  • The complete GlMEM provides a stricter way to quantify how entanglement is shared among many parties without allowing certain distributions.
  • Different parameter choices produce measures with qualitatively different properties, such as completeness or lack thereof.
  • Genuine multipartite entanglement can be isolated and related back to bipartite and global measures using the same unified entropy foundation.
  • The constructions clarify which entropy-based quantifiers respect strong monogamy constraints in multipartite settings.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Selecting the right parameter regime appears essential when applying entropy-based measures to experimental many-body quantum systems.
  • The distinction between complete and incomplete GlMEMs could guide choices in quantum information protocols that depend on multipartite correlations.
  • These measures might be tested on standard states such as GHZ or W states to check practical behavior beyond the theoretical proofs.

Load-bearing premise

The unified entropy function must satisfy concavity and other monotonicity conditions under local operations for the chosen parameters to function as an entanglement monotone.

What would settle it

A specific multipartite quantum state together with a local operation that increases the value of the proposed complete GlMEM, or a state that violates the tight complete monogamy inequality, would disprove the central claim.

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The unified entropy as a promotion of the von Neumann entropy exhibits distinct diversity which contains the Tsallis entropy, the R\'{e}nyi entropy, the von Neumann entropy as special cases. The unified-($r,t$) entropy entanglement with $0<r<1$ and $0< t\leq 1$ was shown to be an entanglement monotone in literature. In this paper, we explore unified-($q,s$) entropy entanglement with $q>1$ and $qs\geq1$ and show that it is also an entanglement monotone and that both of them are monogamous. Going further, we present two kinds of global multipartite entanglement measures (GlMEMs) based on the unified entropy and each kind has two subclasses which are classified by the parameters $(q,s)$ and $(r,t)$. Consequently, from the view of the complete multipartite entanglement measure theory, we show that one of them is a complete multipartite entanglement monotone and is not only completely monogamous but also tightly completely monogamous, but the other three are even not complete. We also explore the genuine entanglement measures induced by the unified entropy and the relations with the bipartite entanglement and the global entanglement are discussed, respectively.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript claims that the unified-(q,s) entropy (q>1, qs≥1) is an entanglement monotone (extending the known (r,t) case with 0<r<1, 0<t≤1), that both families are monogamous, and that two kinds of global multipartite entanglement measures (GlMEMs) can be built from them. Using the complete multipartite entanglement measure framework, it asserts that one subclass is a complete multipartite entanglement monotone that is both completely monogamous and tightly completely monogamous, while the other three subclasses are not even complete. The paper also constructs genuine entanglement measures induced by unified entropy and discusses their relations to bipartite and global entanglement.

Significance. If the monotonicity and completeness claims hold, the work enlarges the set of analytically tractable multipartite entanglement measures with explicit completeness and tight-monogamy properties, building directly on prior results for special cases of unified entropy. This could supply new tools for quantifying genuine multipartite entanglement and testing monogamy relations in quantum information.

major comments (2)
  1. [§3] §3 (proof of LOCC monotonicity for unified-(q,s)): the argument that the (q,s) family satisfies the required concavity and monotonicity under LOCC for the full regime q>1, qs≥1 appears to rest on an inequality whose validity is not shown to be uniform; if the inequality fails for some admissible (q,s) pairs, the downstream claim that exactly one of the four GlMEMs is complete cannot be maintained.
  2. [§5] §5 (classification of GlMEM completeness): the distinction that one GlMEM is complete/tightly monogamous while the other three are not complete is load-bearing on the monotone property established in §3; without an explicit verification that the completeness criterion (e.g., vanishing on all biseparable states) holds uniformly only for the selected parameter subclass, the classification remains conditional.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that 'both of them are monogamous' without immediately clarifying whether 'them' refers to the two entropy families or to the two kinds of GlMEMs; a parenthetical clarification would improve readability.
  2. [§4] Notation for the two kinds of GlMEMs and their four subclasses is introduced without a compact summary table; adding such a table in §4 or §5 would help readers track which parameter regime corresponds to which completeness/monogamy property.

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We thank the referee for the thorough reading and the constructive major comments on the monotonicity proof and GlMEM classification. We address each point below and outline the revisions we will make to strengthen the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: [§3] §3 (proof of LOCC monotonicity for unified-(q,s)): the argument that the (q,s) family satisfies the required concavity and monotonicity under LOCC for the full regime q>1, qs≥1 appears to rest on an inequality whose validity is not shown to be uniform; if the inequality fails for some admissible (q,s) pairs, the downstream claim that exactly one of the four GlMEMs is complete cannot be maintained.

    Authors: We appreciate this observation. The key inequality used in the proof of LOCC monotonicity (appearing after Eq. (12) in §3) is a direct consequence of the joint convexity of the unified entropy for q>1 and qs≥1, which follows from the known convexity properties of the (q,s)-entropy family established in the literature for this parameter range. To address the uniformity concern, we will insert a short lemma in the revised §3 that explicitly verifies the inequality holds for all admissible (q,s) by reducing it to the monotonicity of the function f(x)=x^q under the given constraints. This does not alter the main claims but makes the argument self-contained. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5] §5 (classification of GlMEM completeness): the distinction that one GlMEM is complete/tightly monogamous while the other three are not complete is load-bearing on the monotone property established in §3; without an explicit verification that the completeness criterion (e.g., vanishing on all biseparable states) holds uniformly only for the selected parameter subclass, the classification remains conditional.

    Authors: We agree that the completeness classification in §5 depends on the monotonicity result of §3. With the added verification in the revised §3, the vanishing condition on biseparable states holds uniformly for the GlMEM subclass corresponding to q>1, qs≥1 (as shown via the explicit construction in Eqs. (25)–(27)), while the other three subclasses fail this criterion, as demonstrated by the counterexamples already present in §5. We will add a brief remark and a parameter table in §5 to make the dependence and the uniform validity explicit. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: independent proofs for new parameter regime extend prior literature without reduction to inputs.

full rationale

The paper cites literature for the (r,t) case with 0<r<1, 0<t≤1 and claims to demonstrate monotonicity separately for the (q,s) regime with q>1, qs≥1. It then constructs two kinds of GlMEMs, classifies them by parameter sets, and evaluates completeness/monogamy using the established monotone property. No quoted step equates a prediction to a fitted input, renames a known result, or relies on a load-bearing self-citation whose justification is internal to the present work. The derivation chain for completeness and tight monogamy is built on the new monotonicity result rather than presupposing it.

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Claims rest on the assumption that unified entropy preserves entanglement monotone properties across parameter regimes, plus standard quantum information axioms like local operations and classical communication not increasing entanglement.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Unified entropy is a valid generalization of von Neumann entropy that includes Tsallis and Renyi as special cases.
    Stated directly in the abstract as the foundation for the entanglement definitions.
  • standard math Entanglement monotones must be non-increasing under local operations and classical communication.
    Implicit in the claim that the measures are entanglement monotones.

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