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No off-diagonal quantum focusing for Rényi divergences

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-07-08 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

The quantum focusing conjecture is a mathematical expression of the idea that semiclassical gravity remains universally attractive. Its off-diagonal part is a monotonicity condition on the double null shape variation of relative entropy on distinct null generators, and has been argued to follow from strong subadditivity of entanglement entropy. Recent proof of a diagonal R\'enyi quantum null energy condition raises the question: does a full R\'enyi focusing statement also hold? We answer this question negatively for any R\'enyi-type divergence satisfying data processing, tensor additivity, and matched classical--quantum conditioning.

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@article{arxiv.2607.07799,
  title  = {No off-diagonal quantum focusing for Rényi divergences},
  author = {Tanay Kibe and Pratik Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07799},
  year   = {2026}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure