Interpolation between modified logarithmic Sobolev and Poincare inequalities for quantum Markovian dynamics

Bowen Li, Duke University
1/31, 2024 at 11:10AM-12:00PM in 939 Evans (for in-person talks) and https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/98667278310

In this talk, we define the quantum p-divergences and introduce the Beckner's inequalities for the quantum Markov semigroups with detailed balance condition. Such inequalities quantify the convergence rate of the quantum dynamics in the noncommutative p-norm. We obtain a number of implications between Beckner's inequalities and other quantum functional inequalities, as well as the hypercontractivity. In particular, we show that the quantum Beckner's inequalities interpolate between the Sobolev-type inequalities and the Poincare inequality in a sharp way. We also provide a uniform lower bound for the Beckner constants in terms of the spectral gap, and establish its stability with respect to the invariant state. We further introduce a new class of quantum transport distances W {2,p} such that QMS with detailed balance is the gradient flow of the quantum p-divergence. We prove that the set of quantum states equipped with such a metric is a complete geodesic space, which allows us to connect the geodesic convexity of p-divergence with quantum Beckner's inequality. This talk is based on a joint work with Jianfeng Lu.