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Intractability of Witnessing Entangled Measurements Device Independently

Quantum Physics 2026-02-18 v1

Abstract

Protocols have been previously proposed to certify the presence of an entangled measurement in a fully device-independent manner. Here, I provide models for these protocols in which the claimed measurement is not entangled, and demonstrate it is always possible to displace entanglement from measurements to measured states for a general class of device-independent scenarios. This indicates that no black-box measurement scenario requires entangled measurements to replicate its behavior, which is relevant to our fundamental understanding of this phenomenon and how to witness it.

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@article{arxiv.2602.15199,
  title  = {Intractability of Witnessing Entangled Measurements Device Independently},
  author = {Peter Bierhorst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.15199},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 6 figures