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arXiv:1112.5967 · Physical Review A

Comment on “Improved bounds on entropic uncertainty relations”

G. M. Bosyk, M. Portesi, Angelo Plastino, Steeve Zozor

Published Nov 18, 2011• 21 citations
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Abstract

We provide an analytical proof of the entropic uncertainty relations presented by J. I. de Vicente and J. S\'anchez-Ruiz [Phys. Rev. A 77, 042110 (2008)] and also show that the replacement of Eq. (27) by Eq. (29) in that reference introduces solutions that do not take fully into account the constraints of the problem, which in turn lead to some mistakes in their treatment.

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10.1103/physreva.84.056101

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