Quantum Research · 2026-10-26

Additive uncertainty relations via pseudospectral methods

arXiv:2610.32014v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Given Hermitian observable $A$, the variance of $A$ is given by the difference of expectations $\langle A^2\rangle - \langle A\rangle^2$, where the expectation of an observable implicitly assumes a choice of state for the underlying system.

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arXiv:2610.32014v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Given Hermitian observable $A$, the variance of $A$ is given by the difference of expectations $\langle A^2\rangle - \langle A\rangle^2$, where the expectation of an observable implicitly assumes a choice of state for the underlying system. As a sub-case of a general lower bound for the sum of variances for finitely many arbitrary elements in a $C^*$-algebra, we prove that the sum of the variances for $d$ observables $A_1, \dots , A_d$ is greater than some expression in the expectations $\langle i[A_j,A_k]\rangle$ for $j\neq k$ plus the square of the smallest singular value of the associated localizer. In special cases, this expression is just a root mean square average.

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