RT Journal Article T1 A quantum version of Wielandt's inequality A1 Sanz, Mikel A1 Pérez García, David A1 Cirac, Juan I. A1 Wolf, Michael AB In this paper, Wielandt's inequality for classical channels is extended to quantum channels. That is, an upper bound to the number of times a channel must be applied, so that it maps any density operator to one with full rank, is found. Using this bound, dichotomy theorems for the zero--error capacity of quantum channels and for the Matrix Product State (MPS) dimension of ground states of frustration-free Hamiltonians are derived. The obtained inequalities also imply new bounds on the required interaction-range of Hamiltonians with unique MPS ground state. PB IEEE SN 4668-4673 YR 2010 FD 2010 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/41902 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/41902 LA eng NO Unión Europea. FP7 DS Docta Complutense RD 11 abr 2025