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Tight Generalization of Robertson-Type Uncertainty Relations

Quantum Physics 2025-12-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We establish the tightest possible Robertson-type preparation uncertainty relation, which explicitly depends on the eigenvalues of the quantum state. The conventional constant 14 \tfrac{1}{4} is replaced by a state-dependent coefficient (λmax+λmin)24(λmaxλmin)2\frac{(\lambda_{\max} + \lambda_{\min})^2}{4(\lambda_{\max} - \lambda_{\min})^2}, where λmax \lambda_{\max} and λmin \lambda_{\min} denote the largest and smallest eigenvalues of the density operator ρ\rho, 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.

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@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

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