Divisibility of Dynamical Maps with Time Independent Invariant State

A new condition for dynamical maps with time independent invariant state displaying Heisenberg divisibility is provided. This condition is trivially satisfied for a Markovian semigroup. However, beyond Markovian semigroups it provides a nontrivial characteristics of quantum Markovianity. Interestingly, when the invariant state is pure one recovers a condition based on Wigner–Yanase skew information.

Comparison of Cutoffs Between Lazy Walks and Markovian Semigroups

We make a connection between the continuous time and lazy discrete time Markov chains through the comparison of cutoffs and mixing time in total variation distance. For illustration, we consider finite birth and death chains and provide a criterion on cutoffs using eigenvalues of the transition matrix.

Comparison of Cutoffs Between Lazy Walks and Markovian Semigroups

We make a connection between the continuous time and lazy discrete time Markov chains through the comparison of cutoffs and mixing time in total variation distance. For illustration, we consider finite birth and death chains and provide a criterion on cutoffs using eigenvalues of the transition matrix.