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Entanglement of Formation of an Arbitrary State of Two Qubits

1997/09/13 by William K. Wootters · 8,368 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Cluster state #Density matrix #Entanglement witness #Entropy (arrow of time) #Mathematics #Multipartite entanglement #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Qubit #Squashed entanglement #State (computer science) #Statistical physics #W state #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.80.2245

published in Physical Review Letters 80(10), 2245-2248 (American Physical Society) · 13 pages, LaTeX, no figures

arxiv created 1997/09/13 · openalex publication_date 1998/03/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

The entanglement of a pure state of a pair of quantum systems is defined as the entropy of either member of the pair. The entanglement of formation of a mixed state \ensuremathρ is the minimum average entanglement of an ensemble of pure states that represents \ensuremathρ. An earlier paper conjectured an explicit formula for the entanglement of formation of a pair of binary quantum objects (qubits) as a function of their density matrix, and proved the formula for special states. The present paper extends the proof to arbitrary states of this system and shows how to construct entanglement-minimizing decompositions.

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