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Divergence Geometry of Quantum Multi-Mpemba Effects

  • Domingos S. P. Salazar
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Abstract

Two quantum states may relax toward the same steady state, yet the one that starts farther away can overtake the closer one. This is the quantum Mpemba effect. The same pair can reverse order more than once, but these crossings may depend on the divergence used to compare them. We ask which crossings persist for every normalized operator-convex Petz divergence. Because each such divergence is a positive average of one-parameter χ2 kernels, the problem reduces to the sign of one profile across the full kernel range. Alternating sign margins guarantee repeated family-wide reversals, while finite dimension yields a polynomial positivity test. A simple real slow mode fixes the common late-time order; near stationarity, coherence between unequal-eigenvalue sectors makes the order divergence dependent. In a trapped-ion qutrit ideal model, the reported preparation shows divergence-selective crossings. A nearby preparation is a candidate for at least two family-wide reversals.

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@misc{salazar2026divergence,
  title = {{Divergence Geometry of Quantum Multi-Mpemba Effects}},
  author = {Domingos S. P. Salazar},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.20320},
  eprint = {2609.20320},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20320},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Divergence Geometry of Quantum Multi-Mpemba Effects
AU  - Domingos S. P. Salazar
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/22
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.20320
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20320
AB  - Two quantum states may relax toward the same steady state, yet the one that starts farther away can overtake the closer one. This is the quantum Mpemba effect. The same pair can reverse order more than once, but these crossings may depend on the divergence used to compare them. We ask which crossings persist for every normalized operator-convex Petz divergence. Because each such divergence is a positive average of one-parameter χ^2 kernels, the problem reduces to the sign of one profile across the full kernel range. Alternating sign margins guarantee repeated family-wide reversals, while finite dimension yields a polynomial positivity test. A simple real slow mode fixes the common late-time order; near stationarity, coherence between unequal-eigenvalue sectors makes the order divergence dependent. In a trapped-ion qutrit ideal model, the reported preparation shows divergence-selective crossings. A nearby preparation is a candidate for at least two family-wide reversals.
ER  -