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arXiv:1705.05557 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Separability criterion for three-qubit states with a four dimensional norm

Lin Chen, Kyung Hoon Han, Seung-Hyeok Kye

Published Jul 13, 2017• 8 citations
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Abstract We give a separability criterion for three qubit states in terms of diagonal and anti-diagonal entries. This gives us a complete characterization of separability when all the entries are zero except for diagonal and anti-diagonals. The criterion is expressed in terms of a norm arising from anti-diagonal entries. We compute this norm in several cases, so that we get criteria with which we can decide the separability by routine computations.

DOI
10.1088/1751-8121/aa7f9a

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