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Extension of the Watanabe-Sagawa-Ueda uncertainty relation for measurement errors to infinite-dimensional systems

Quantum Physics 2025-10-29 v3

Abstract

We extend the Watanabe--Sagawa--Ueda (WSU) uncertainty relations for measurement errors to infinite-dimensional systems. The original WSU formulation provided a definition of measurement errors with a clear physical interpretation based on quantum estimation theory, but was restricted to finite-dimensional systems, excluding important observables such as position and momentum. Using pseudo-inverse forms of positive-semidefinite forms, we develop a framework for classical and quantum estimation theory for models whose parameter space is the set of full-rank states on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, and derive classical and quantum Cram\'{e}r--Rao inequalities. We extend the WSU measurement errors to both bounded and unbounded operators, and derive corresponding error-error uncertainty relations. The resulting uncertainty relation inequalities are stronger than the original WSU bound due to an improved derivation method. Our results provide a theoretical framework for applying estimation-based uncertainty relations to observables with continuous values in infinite-dimensional systems.

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@article{arxiv.2305.09309,
  title  = {Extension of the Watanabe-Sagawa-Ueda uncertainty relation for measurement errors to infinite-dimensional systems},
  author = {Ryosuke Nogami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.09309},
  year   = {2025}
}