PT Journal AU Shor, PW TI Quantum information theory: The bits don't add up SO Nature Physics JI Nat. Phys. PY 2009 BP 247 EP 248 VL 5 DE fromIPMRAS AB A counterexample to the 'additivity question', the most celebrated open problem in the mathematical theory of quantum information, casts doubt on the possibility of finding a simple expression for the information capacity of a quantum channel. ER