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Contradictory uncertainty relations

Quantum Physics 2011-09-19 v1

Abstract

We show within a very simple framework that different measures of fluctuations lead to uncertainty relations resulting in contradictory conclusions. More specifically we focus on Tsallis and Renyi entropic uncertainty relations and we get that the minimum uncertainty states of some uncertainty relations are the maximum uncertainty states of closely related uncertainty relations, and vice versa.

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@article{arxiv.1104.2127,
  title  = {Contradictory uncertainty relations},
  author = {Alfredo Luis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2127},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 10 figures

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