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Separability, entanglement and full families of commuting normal matrices

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We reduce the question whether a given quantum mixed state is separable or entangled to the problem of existence of a certain full family of commuting normal matrices whose matrix elements are partially determined by components of the pure states constituting a decomposition of the considered mixture. The method reproduces many known entanglement and/or separability criteria, and provides yet another geometrical characterization of mixed separable states.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2597,
  title  = {Separability, entanglement and full families of commuting normal matrices},
  author = {Jan Samsonowicz and Marek Kus and Maciej Lewenstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2597},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

14 pages, some typos corrected, a reference added, in print in Phys. Rev. A