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Tripartite entanglement transformations and tensor rank.
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PMID:  18851511     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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A basic question regarding quantum entangled states is whether one can be probabilistically converted to another through local operations and classical communication exclusively. While the answer for bipartite systems is known, we show that for tripartite systems, this question encodes some of the most challenging open problems in mathematics and computer science. In particular, we show that there is no easy general criterion to determine the feasibility, and in fact, the problem is NP hard. In addition, we find obtaining the most efficient algorithm for matrix multiplication to be precisely equivalent to determining the maximum rate to convert the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state to a triangular distribution of three EPR states. Our results are based on connections between multipartite entanglement and tensor rank (also called Schmidt rank), a key concept in algebraic complexity theory.
Authors:
Eric Chitambar; Runyao Duan; Yaoyun Shi
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-10-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  101     ISSN:  0031-9007     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2008 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-10-14     Completed Date:  2008-11-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  140502     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Michigan, 450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA. echitamb@umich.edu
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