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Entropy and the uncertainty principle

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-30 v1 Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

We generalize, improve and unify theorems of Rumin, and Maassen--Uffink about classical entropies associated to quantum density matrices. These theorems refer to the classical entropies of the diagonals of a density matrix in two different bases. Thus they provide a kind of uncertainty principle. Our inequalities are sharp because they are exact in the high-temperature or semi-classical limit.

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@article{arxiv.1109.1209,
  title  = {Entropy and the uncertainty principle},
  author = {Rupert L. Frank and Elliott H. Lieb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1209},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages

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