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Majorization uncertainty relations for mixed quantum states

Quantum Physics 2018-04-17 v1

Abstract

Majorization uncertainty relations are generalized for an arbitrary mixed quantum state ρ\rho of a finite size NN. In particular, a lower bound for the sum of two entropies characterizing probability distributions corresponding to measurements with respect to arbitrary two orthogonal bases is derived in terms of the spectrum of ρ\rho and the entries of a unitary matrix UU relating both bases. The obtained results can also be formulated for two measurements performed on a single subsystem of a bipartite system described by a pure state, and consequently expressed as uncertainty relation for the sum of conditional entropies.

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@article{arxiv.1709.10294,
  title  = {Majorization uncertainty relations for mixed quantum states},
  author = {Zbigniew Puchała and Łukasz Rudnicki and Aleksandra Krawiec and Karol Życzkowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.10294},
  year   = {2018}
}

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13 pages, 7 figures

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