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arXiv:1203.5872 · Physical Review A

Algorithm for characterizing stochastic local operations and classical communication classes of multiparticle entanglement

Hermann Kampermann, Otfried Gühne, Colin Wilmott, Dagmar Bruß

Published Sep 7, 2012• 26 citations
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Abstract

It is well known that the classification of pure multiparticle entangled states according to stochastic local operations leads to a natural classification of mixed states in terms of convex sets. We present a simple algorithmic procedure to prove that a quantum state lies within a given convex set. Our algorithm generalizes a recent algorithm for proving separability of quantum states [Barreiro et al., Nat. Phys. 6, 943 (2010)]. We give several examples which show the wide applicability of our approach. We also propose a procedure to determine a vicinity of a given quantum state which still belongs to the considered convex set.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.86.032307

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