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Rational-Valued, Small-Prime-Based Qubit-Qutrit and Rebit-Retrit Rank-4/Rank-6 Conjectured Hilbert-Schmidt Separability Probability Ratios

Quantum Physics 2021-04-23 v1 Mathematical Physics Metric Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We implement a procedure-based on the Wishart-Laguerre distribution-recently outlined by {\.Z}yczkowski and Khvedelidze, Rogojin and Abgaryan, for the generation of random (complex or real) N×NN \times N density matrices of rank kNk \leq N with respect to Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) measure. In the complex case, one commences with a Ginibre matrix AA of dimensions k×k+2(Nk)k \times k+ 2 (N-k), while for a real scenario, one employs a Ginibre matrix BB of dimensions k×k+1+2(Nk)k \times k+1+ 2 (N-k). Then, the k×kk \times k product AAA A^{\dagger} or BBTB B^T is diagonalized-padded with zeros to size N×NN \times N-and rotated, obtaining a random density matrix. Implementing the procedure for rank-4 rebit-retrit states, for 800 million Ginibre-matrix realizations, 6,192,047 were found separable, for a sample probability of .00774006-suggestive of an exact value 3875000=32432354=.0774\frac{387}{5000} =\frac{3^2 \cdot 43}{2^3 \cdot 5^4}=.0774. A conjecture for the HS separability probability of rebit-retrit systems of full rank is 8606561=22543380.1310775\frac{860}{6561} =\frac{2^2 \cdot 5 \cdot 43}{3^8} \approx 0.1310775 (the two-rebit counterpart has been proven to be 2964=2926\frac{29}{64}=\frac{29}{2^6}). Subject to these conjectures, the ratio of the rank-4 to rank-6 probabilities would be 590491000000=31026560.059049\frac{59049}{1000000}=\frac{3^{10}}{2^6 \cdot 5^6} \approx 0.059049, with the common factor 43 cancelling. As to the intermediate rank-5 probability, a 2006 theorem of Szarek, Bengtsson and {\.Z}ycskowski informs us that it must be one-half the rank-6 probability-itself conjectured to be 271000=332353\frac{27}{1000} =\frac{3^3}{2^3 \cdot 5^3}, while for rank 3 or less, the associated probabilities must be 0 by a 2009 result of Ruskai and Werner. We are led to re-examine a 2005 qubit-qutrit analysis of ours, in these regards, and now find evidence for a 702673=25735110.0261878\frac{70}{2673}=\frac{2 \cdot 5 \cdot 7}{ 3^5 \cdot 11} \approx 0.0261878 rank-4 to rank-6 probability ratio.

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@article{arxiv.2104.11071,
  title  = {Rational-Valued, Small-Prime-Based Qubit-Qutrit and Rebit-Retrit Rank-4/Rank-6 Conjectured Hilbert-Schmidt Separability Probability Ratios},
  author = {Paul B. Slater},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.11071},
  year   = {2021}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures