A Collection of Pinsker-type Inequalities for Quantum Divergences
Quantum Physics
2026-01-16 v1
Abstract
Pinsker's inequality sets a lower bound on the Umegaki divergence of two quantum states in terms of their trace distance. In this work, we formulate corresponding estimates for a variety of quantum and classical divergences including -divergences like Hellinger and -divergences as well as R\'enyi divergences and special cases thereof like the Umegaki divergence, collision divergence, max divergence. We further provide a strategy on how to adapt these bounds to smoothed divergences.
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@article{arxiv.2601.10395,
title = {A Collection of Pinsker-type Inequalities for Quantum Divergences},
author = {Kläre Wienecke and Gereon Koßmann and René Schwonnek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.10395},
year = {2026}
}
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14 pages, 7 figures