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Quantum entropy is a fundamental concept for quantum information recently developed in various directions. We will review the mathematical aspects of quantum entropy (entropies) and discuss some applications to quantum communication, statistical physics. All topics taken here are somehow related to the quantum entropy that the present authors have been studied. Many other fields recently developed in quantum information theory, such as quantum algorithm, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography, etc., are totally discussed in the book (reference number 60).

A dynamical entropy for not only shift but also completely positive (CP) map is defined by generalizing the AOW entropy1 defined through quantum Markov chain and AF entropy defined by a finite operational partition. Our dynamical entropy is numerically computed for several models.

Classical dynamical entropy is an important tool to analyze communication processes. For instance, it may represent a transmission capacity for one letter. In this paper, we formulate the notion of dynamical entropy through a quantum Markov chain and calculate it for some simple models.