Universal Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation for Quantum $f-$Divergences
Abstract
We show that any Petz -divergence (where is operator convex) between quantum states admits a universal -mixture representation: the distinguishability of from is obtained as a positive superposition of quadratic contrasts , with nonnegative weights determined explicitly from the Stieltjes representation of the generator . This identifies as atomic building blocks for quantum -divergences and yields closed-form for canonical choices (relative entropy/KL, Hellinger/Bures, R'{e}nyi). By mapping into a classical Pearson , we leverage the Chapman-Robbins variational representation and obtain a tight and universal quantum thermodynamic uncertainty relation: any -divergence is lower bounded by a function of the statistics of quantum observables (mean and variance), reproducing previous and novel results in quantum thermodynamics as applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.10817,
title = {Universal Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation for Quantum $f-$Divergences},
author = {Domingos S. P. Salazar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.10817},
year = {2025}
}