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Universal Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation for Quantum $f-$Divergences

Quantum Physics 2025-12-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We show that any Petz ff-divergence (where ff is operator convex) between quantum states admits a universal χ2\chi^2-mixture representation: the distinguishability of ρ\rho from σ\sigma is obtained as a positive superposition of quadratic contrasts χλ2\chi^2_\lambda, with nonnegative weights wf(λ)w_f(\lambda) determined explicitly from the Stieltjes representation of the generator ff. This identifies χλ2\chi^2_\lambda as atomic building blocks for quantum ff-divergences and yields closed-form wfw_f for canonical choices (relative entropy/KL, Hellinger/Bures, R'{e}nyi). By mapping χλ2\chi^2_\lambda into a classical Pearson χ2\chi^2, we leverage the Chapman-Robbins variational representation and obtain a tight and universal quantum thermodynamic uncertainty relation: any ff-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.

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@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}
}
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