Real-valued observables and quantum uncertainty

DOI10.1007/S10773-023-05342-8MaRDI QIDQ6174265zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Stan Gudder

Publication date 14 July 2023

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07185

zbMATH Keywords

coarse-grainreal-valued observablesuncertainty principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

Abstract: We first present a generalization of the Robertson-Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This generalization applies to mixed states and contains a covariance term. For faithful states, we characterize when the uncertainty inequality is an equality. We next present an uncertainty principle version for real-valued observables. Sharp versions and conjugates of real-valued observables are considered. The theory is illustrated with examples of dichotomic observables. We close with a discussion of real-valued coarse graining.

Review text

The paper ``Real-valued observables and quantum uncertainty presents a series of results within the framework of Robertson-Heisenberg uncertainty inequality, involving generalizations to state-dependent form for well-known concepts such as expectation, correlation or covariance. The study includes also the equality case for faithful states. The case of real-valued observables is also presented and relevant examples are considered, such as dichotomic observables or noisy spin observables. The last part of the paper presents the generalization to the state dependence of the uncertainty inequality for the case of real-valued coarse graining of an observable and real-valued instruments are used for exemplifying the theory. Results for Holevo and Luders instruments are also derived.

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