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Main Authors: Morán, Moisés Bermejo, Huber, Felix
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00612
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author Morán, Moisés Bermejo
Huber, Felix
author_facet Morán, Moisés Bermejo
Huber, Felix
contents Uncertainty relations are a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics. How can these relations be found systematically? Here we develop a semidefinite programming hierarchy for additive uncertainty relations in the variances of non-commuting observables. Our hierarchy is built on the state polynomial optimization framework, also known as scalar extension. The hierarchy is complete, in the sense that it converges to tight uncertainty relations. We improve upon upper bounds for all 1292 additive uncertainty relations on up to nine operators for which a tight bound is not known. The bounds are dimension-free and depend entirely on the algebraic relations among the operators. The techniques apply to a range of scenarios, including Pauli, Heisenberg-Weyl, and fermionic operators, and generalize to higher order moments and multiplicative uncertainty relations.
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spellingShingle Uncertainty relations from state polynomial optimization
Morán, Moisés Bermejo
Huber, Felix
Quantum Physics
Uncertainty relations are a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics. How can these relations be found systematically? Here we develop a semidefinite programming hierarchy for additive uncertainty relations in the variances of non-commuting observables. Our hierarchy is built on the state polynomial optimization framework, also known as scalar extension. The hierarchy is complete, in the sense that it converges to tight uncertainty relations. We improve upon upper bounds for all 1292 additive uncertainty relations on up to nine operators for which a tight bound is not known. The bounds are dimension-free and depend entirely on the algebraic relations among the operators. The techniques apply to a range of scenarios, including Pauli, Heisenberg-Weyl, and fermionic operators, and generalize to higher order moments and multiplicative uncertainty relations.
title Uncertainty relations from state polynomial optimization
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00612