Measure of Entaglement
Abstract
Description
The extent to which a given wave function, $ψ$, is entangled is measured by minimizing the norm of $ψ$ minus all possible unentangled functions. This measure is given by the largest eigenvalue of $ψ^\dagger ψ$, considered as an operator. The definition is basis independent.
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4 pages, plain TeX, no figures