Almost every pure state of three qubits is completely determined by its two-particle reduced density matrices

In a system of n quantum particles, we define a measure of the degree of irreducible n-way correlation, by which we mean the correlation that cannot be accounted for by looking at the states of n-1 particles. In the case of almost all pure states of three qubits, we show that there is no such correl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2002-11, Vol.89 (20), p.207901-207901, Article 207901
Hauptverfasser: Linden, N, Popescu, S, Wootters, W K
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In a system of n quantum particles, we define a measure of the degree of irreducible n-way correlation, by which we mean the correlation that cannot be accounted for by looking at the states of n-1 particles. In the case of almost all pure states of three qubits, we show that there is no such correlation: almost every pure state of three qubits is completely determined by its two-particle reduced density matrices.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.89.207901