Combinatorial laplacians and positivity under partial transpose

dc.creatorHildebrand, Roland
dc.creatorMancini, Stefano
dc.creatorSeverini, Simone
dc.date2006-07-10
dc.date2007-06-23
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dc.descriptionDensity matrices of graphs are combinatorial laplacians normalized to have trace one (Braunstein \emph{et al.} \emph{Phys. Rev. A,} \textbf{73}:1, 012320 (2006)). If the vertices of a graph are arranged as an array, then its density matrix carries a block structure with respect to which properties such as separability can be considered. We prove that the so-called degree-criterion, which was conjectured to be necessary and sufficient for separability of density matrices of graphs, is equivalent to the PPT-criterion. As such it is not sufficient for testing the separability of density matrices of graphs (we provide an explicit example). Nonetheless, we prove the sufficiency when one of the array dimensions has length two (for an alternative proof see Wu, \emph{Phys. Lett. A}\textbf{351} (2006), no. 1-2, 18--22). Finally we derive a rational upper bound on the concurrence of density matrices of graphs and show that this bound is exact for graphs on four vertices.
dc.description19 pages, 7 eps figures, final version accepted for publication in Math. Struct. in Comp. Sci
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0607036
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0607036
dc.identifierMath. Struct. in Comp. Sci. Vol.18, pp.205-219 (2008)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/164087
dc.subjectComputational Complexity
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleCombinatorial laplacians and positivity under partial transpose
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