Tight Generalization of Robertson-Type Uncertainty Relations
Abstract
We establish the tightest possible Robertson-type preparation uncertainty relation, which explicitly depends on the eigenvalues of the quantum state. The conventional constant is replaced by a state-dependent coefficient , where and denote the largest and smallest eigenvalues of the density operator , respectively. This coefficient is optimal among all Robertson-type generalizations and does not admit further improvement.Our relation becomes more pronounced as the quantum state becomes more mixed, capturing a trade-off in quantum uncertainty that the conventional Robertson's relation fails to detect. In addition, our result also provides a strict generalization of the Schr\"oedinger's uncertainty relation, showing that the uncertainty trade-off is governed by the sum of the covariance term and a state-dependent improvement over the Robertson bound. As applications, we also refine error-disturbance trade-offs by incorporating spectral information of both the system and the measuring apparatus,thereby generalizing the Arthurs--Goodman and Ozawa inequalities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2505.19861,
title = {Tight Generalization of Robertson-Type Uncertainty Relations},
author = {Gen Kimura and Aina Mayumi and Haruki Yamashita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.19861},
year = {2025}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure