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Relative entropy decay and complete positivity mixing time

Quantum Physics 2023-10-17 v2 Operator Algebras Probability

Abstract

We prove that the complete modified logarithmic Sobolev constant of a quantum Markov semigroup is bounded by the inverse of its complete positivity mixing time. For classical Markov semigroups, this implies that every sub-Laplacian given by a H\"ormander system on a compact manifold satisfies a uniform modified log-Sobolev inequality for matrix-valued functions. For quantum Markov semigroups, we obtain that the complete modified logarithmic Sobolev constant is comparable to spectral gap up to a constant as logarithm of dimension constant. This estimate is asymptotically tight for a quantum birth-death process. Our results and the consequence of concentration inequalities apply to GNS-symmetric semigroups on general von Neumann algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2209.11684,
  title  = {Relative entropy decay and complete positivity mixing time},
  author = {Li Gao and Marius Junge and Nicholas LaRacuente and Haojian Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.11684},
  year   = {2023}
}

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58 pages. Presentation improved. A discussion section added. Comments are very welcome!

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