Intertwining Curvature Bounds for Graphs and Quantum Markov Semigroups

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Main Authors: Münch, Florentin, Wirth, Melchior, Zhang, Haonan
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author Münch, Florentin
Wirth, Melchior
Zhang, Haonan
author_facet Münch, Florentin
Wirth, Melchior
Zhang, Haonan
contents Based on earlier work by Carlen-Maas and the second- and third-named author, we introduce the notion of intertwining curvature lower bounds for graphs and quantum Markov semigroups. This curvature notion is stronger than both Bakry-Émery and entropic Ricci curvature, while also computationally simpler than the latter. We verify intertwining curvature bounds in a number of examples, including finite weighted graphs and graphs with Laplacians admitting nice mapping representations, as well as generalized dephasing semigroups and quantum Markov semigroups whose generators are formed by commuting jump operators. By improving on the best-known bounds for entropic curvature of depolarizing semigroups, we demonstrate that there can be a gap between the optimal intertwining and entropic curvature bound. In the case of qubits, this improved entropic curvature bound implies the modified logarithmic Sobolev inequality with optimal constant.
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spellingShingle Intertwining Curvature Bounds for Graphs and Quantum Markov Semigroups
Münch, Florentin
Wirth, Melchior
Zhang, Haonan
Functional Analysis
Differential Geometry
Quantum Physics
Based on earlier work by Carlen-Maas and the second- and third-named author, we introduce the notion of intertwining curvature lower bounds for graphs and quantum Markov semigroups. This curvature notion is stronger than both Bakry-Émery and entropic Ricci curvature, while also computationally simpler than the latter. We verify intertwining curvature bounds in a number of examples, including finite weighted graphs and graphs with Laplacians admitting nice mapping representations, as well as generalized dephasing semigroups and quantum Markov semigroups whose generators are formed by commuting jump operators. By improving on the best-known bounds for entropic curvature of depolarizing semigroups, we demonstrate that there can be a gap between the optimal intertwining and entropic curvature bound. In the case of qubits, this improved entropic curvature bound implies the modified logarithmic Sobolev inequality with optimal constant.
title Intertwining Curvature Bounds for Graphs and Quantum Markov Semigroups
topic Functional Analysis
Differential Geometry
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05179