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Entanglement of $\pi$-LME states and the SAT problem

Quantum Physics 2014-10-15 v1

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the entanglement properties of the class of π\pi-locally maximally entanglable (π\pi-LME) states, which are also known as the "real equally weighted states" or the "hypergraph states". The π\pi-LME states comprise well-studied classes of quantum states (e.g. graph states) and exhibit a large degree of symmetry. Motivated by the structure of LME states, we show that the capacity to (efficiently) determine if a π\pi-LME state is entangled would imply an efficient solution to the boolean satisfiability (SAT) problem. More concretely, we show that this particular problem of entanglement detection, phrased as a decision problem, is NP\mathsf{NP}-complete. The restricted setting we consider yields a technically uninvolved proof, and illustrates that entanglement detection, even when quantum states under consideration are highly restricted, still remains difficult.

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@article{arxiv.1405.7429,
  title  = {Entanglement of $\pi$-LME states and the SAT problem},
  author = {Adi Makmal and Markus Tiersch and Vedran Dunjko and Shengjun Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.7429},
  year   = {2014}
}