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When is there a multipartite maximum entangled state?

Quantum Physics 2009-11-05 v1

Abstract

For a multipartite quantum system of the dimension d1d2...dnd_1\otimes d_2\otimes... d_n, d1d2...dnd_1\ge d_2\ge...\ge d_n, is there an entangled state {\em maximum} in the sense that all other states in the system can be obtained from the state through local quantum operations and classical communications (LOCC)? When d1Πi=2ndid_1\ge\Pi_{i=2}^n d_i, such state exists. We show that this condition is also necessary. Our proof, somewhat surprisingly, uses results from algebraic complexity theory.

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@article{arxiv.0911.0879,
  title  = {When is there a multipartite maximum entangled state?},
  author = {Runyao Duan and Yaoyun Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0879},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, no figure. We know the answer is quite simple, but the proof is somewhat involved. Comments are welcome

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