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Self-testing of exact entanglement embezzlement

Operator Algebras 2026-05-22 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider bipartite exact entanglement embezzlement with a catalyst state vector ψ\psi in a Hilbert space H\mathcal{H} using unitaries (or more generally, contractions). If MB(H)\mathcal{M} \subseteq \mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H}) is a von Neumann algebra and UMdMU \in M_d \otimes \mathcal{M} and VMMdV \in \mathcal{M}' \otimes M_d are unitaries (or more generally contractions), then such a protocol is of the form (UId)(IdV)(e0ψe0)=i=0d1αieiψei(U \otimes I_d)(I_d \otimes V)(e_0 \otimes \psi \otimes e_0)=\sum_{i=0}^{d-1} \alpha_i e_i \otimes \psi \otimes e_i, where each αi>0\alpha_i>0 and i=0d1αi2=1\sum_{i=0}^{d-1} \alpha_i^2=1. We show that any such protocol must arise from a unique state on the tensor product OdOd\mathcal{O}_d \otimes \mathcal{O}_d of the Cuntz algebra with itself. As a result, we prove that exact entanglement embezzlement is a self-test for a collection of dd Cuntz isometries for each party and a unique quasi-free state on the Cuntz algebra Od\mathcal{O}_d in the sense of \cite{Iz93}. Moreover, we use modular theory to show that the von Neumann algebra generated by the copy of Od\mathcal{O}_d is the unique separable approximately finite-dimensional Type IIIλ\text{III}_{\lambda} factor for some 0<λ10<\lambda \leq 1, where λ\lambda can be determined by an algebraic condition on the Schmidt coefficients of the state φ=i=0d1αieiei\varphi=\sum_{i=0}^{d-1} \alpha_i e_i \otimes e_i.

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@article{arxiv.2605.22713,
  title  = {Self-testing of exact entanglement embezzlement},
  author = {Samuel J. Harris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22713},
  year   = {2026}
}

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31 pages

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