Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

We provide a classification of entangled states that uses new discrete entanglement invariants. The invariants are defined by algebraic properties of linear maps associated with the states. We prove a theorem on a correspondence between the invariants and sets of equivalent classes of entangled states. The new method works for an arbitrary finite number of finite-dimensional state subspaces. As an application of the method, we considered a large selection of cases of three subspaces of various dimensions. We also obtain an entanglement classification of four qubits, where we find 27 fundamental sets of classes.

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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Physics A, volume 45, issue 18, 2012 following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/45/18/185304 .

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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