Noncommuting mixed states cannot be broadcast
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🪐 quant-ph
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statemixedquantumseparatestatessystemsbroadcastbroadcasting
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We show that, given a general mixed state for a quantum system, there are no physical means for {\it broadcasting\/} that state onto two separate quantum systems, even when the state need only be reproduced marginally on the separate systems. This result generalizes and extends the standard no-cloning theorem for pure states.
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