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QuantumInfo.Finite.Channel.DegradableOrder

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The degradable preorder on quantum channels Λ1Λ2    Λ2\Lambda_1 \le \Lambda_2 \iff \Lambda_2 is degradable to Λ1\Lambda_1

#DegradablePreorder

For a fixed input space Hin\mathcal{H}_{in} (indexed by the finite type dIndIn), the degradable preorder is a preorder defined on the set of all quantum channels (CPTP maps) Λ:L(Hin)L(Hout)\Lambda: \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_{in}) \to \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_{out}) where the output space Hout\mathcal{H}_{out} can vary. Specifically, the carrier set consists of pairs (dOut,Λ)(dOut, \Lambda), where dOutdOut specifies the output dimension and its required structures (finite type and decidable equality), and Λ\Lambda is a CPTP map from dIndIn to dOutdOut. A channel Λ1\Lambda_1 is said to be less than or equal to Λ2\Lambda_2 (Λ1Λ2\Lambda_1 \le \Lambda_2) if Λ2\Lambda_2 is degradable to Λ1\Lambda_1. That is, Λ1Λ2\Lambda_1 \le \Lambda_2 if there exists a CPTP map D:L(Hout2)L(Hout1)D: \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_{out_2}) \to \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_{out_1}) such that Λ1=DΛ2\Lambda_1 = D \circ \Lambda_2.