Published July 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

4×4 unextendible product basis and genuinely entangled space

  • 1. Beihang University, School of Mathematics and Systems Science (China)
  • 2. Capital Normal University, School of Mathematical Sciences (China)

Description

We show that there are six inequivalent 4×4 unextendible product bases (UPBs) of size eight, when we consider only 4-qubit product vectors. We apply our results to construct positive-partial-transpose entangled states of rank nine. They are at the same time 4-qubit, 2×2×4 and 4×4 states, and their ranges have product vectors. One of the six UPBs turns out to be orthogonal to an incompletely genuinely entangled space, in the sense that the latter does not contain 4×4 product vector in any bipartition of 4-qubit systems. We also show that the multipartite UPB orthogonal to a genuinely entangled space exists if and only if the n×n×n UPB orthogonal to a genuinely entangled space exists for some n. These results help understand an open problem in Demianowicz and Augusiak (Phys Rev A 98:012313, 2018).

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Quantum Information Processing (Print)
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1-28
ISSN
1570-0755

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52037884
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUBITS; VECTORS
Descriptors DEC
INFORMATION; QUANTUM INFORMATION; TENSORS

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