The quantum speed limit (QSL), or the energy-time uncertainty relation, describes the fundamental maximum rate for quantum time evolution and has been regarded as being unique in quantum mechanics. In… Click to show full abstract
The quantum speed limit (QSL), or the energy-time uncertainty relation, describes the fundamental maximum rate for quantum time evolution and has been regarded as being unique in quantum mechanics. In this study, we obtain a classical speed limit corresponding to the QSL using Hilbert space for the classical Liouville equation. Thus, classical mechanics has a fundamental speed limit, and the QSL is not a purely quantum phenomenon but a universal dynamical property of Hilbert space. Furthermore, we obtain similar speed limits for the imaginary-time Schrödinger equations such as the classical master equation.
               
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