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Existence of the Schmidt decomposition for tripartite systems

Quantum Physics 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

For any bipartite quantum system the Schmidt decomposition allows us to express the state vector in terms of a single sum instead of double sums. We show the existence of the Schmidt decomposition for tripartite system under certain condition. If the partial inner product of a basis (belonging to a Hilbert space of smaller dimension) with the state of the composite system gives a disentangled basis, then the Schmidt decomposition for a tripartite system exists. In this case the reduced density matrix of each of the subsystem has equal spectrum in the Schmidt basis.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9911073,
  title  = {Existence of the Schmidt decomposition for tripartite systems},
  author = {Arun K. Pati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9911073},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex prerpint style, 7 pages

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