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Quantum Resource Theory
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Hilbert–Schmidt inradius of the multiqubit stabilizer polytope
Is every \(n\)-qubit state of purity at most \(1/(2^n-1/2)\) a convex mixture of stabilizer states?
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Distillation of every Wigner-negative depolarized Strange state
Can every Wigner-negative state in the depolarized qutrit Strange-state family be distilled arbitrarily accurately by catalyst-free stabilizer operations?
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Uniform modified log-Sobolev constant for one-dimensional Gibbs samplers
Do normalized one-dimensional Chen–Kastoryano–Gilyén Gibbs samplers have a positive modified log-Sobolev constant uniformly in system size at every fixed finite temperature?
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Qutrit magic-distillation thresholds beyond the ternary Golay code
Does any finite qutrit stabilizer-code protocol distill depolarized Strange states above the ternary Golay code’s threshold?
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Optimal asymptotic distillation yield of dephased T states
What is the optimal catalyst-free asymptotic \(T\)-state yield of a dephased single-qubit \(T\) state?
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Optimal universal eight-copy concentration to a CCZ state
What is the optimal success probability for a fixed catalyst-free stabilizer protocol that converts eight copies of an arbitrary unknown pure qubit into an exact \(|CCZ\rangle\) state?
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Exact constant-bond PEPS mixtures for two-dimensional Gibbs states
Is every fixed-temperature Gibbs state of a bounded finite-range qubit Hamiltonian on the square lattice an exact convex combination of PEPS with system-size-independent bond dimension?
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Squashed entanglement of qubit Bell-diagonal states
Is there a closed-form formula for the squashed entanglement \(E_{\mathrm{sq}}\) of an arbitrary two-qubit Bell-diagonal state, or a certified approach to determining it numerically?
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Eight-ququart AME state and the ((7,4,4)) ququart MDS code
Does an absolutely maximally entangled state of eight ququarts exist?
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LOCC entanglement cost of Werner states
What is the entanglement cost of the Werner state \(\rho_{d,p}\) for every integer \(d\geq2\) and every antisymmetric weight \(1/2<p\leq1\), and in particular, does it equal the entanglement of formation?
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Many-copy Bell nonlocality of every entangled state
Does every entangled bipartite state become Bell nonlocal under collective local measurements on some finite number of copies?
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LOCC entanglement cost of isotropic states
What is the entanglement cost of the isotropic state \(\sigma_{d,F}\) for every integer \(d\geq2\) and every fidelity \(1/d<F<1\)?
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Superactivation of distillable secret key
Can two bipartite quantum states with zero distillable secret key yield positive distillable secret key when used jointly?
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Zero two-way quantum capacity of endpoint Holevo–Werner channels
Is the two-way assisted quantum capacity of the Holevo–Werner channel \(\mathcal W_d\) zero for every integer \(d\geq3\)?
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Bounded witnesses for every continuous-variable entangled state
Does every entangled bosonic state admit a bounded entanglement witness?
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LOCC entanglement cost of PPT-entangled Gaussian states
What is the exact LOCC entanglement cost of a finite-energy PPT-entangled Gaussian state?
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Additivity of entanglement of formation for two-mode Gaussian states
Is unrestricted entanglement of formation additive on tensor powers of every finite-energy two-mode Gaussian state?
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Gaussian optimality of two-mode entanglement of formation
Does Gaussian entanglement of formation equal unrestricted entanglement of formation for every finite-energy two-mode Gaussian state?
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Deterministic quadratic-size vertex-minor-universal graphs
Does there exist an absolute constant \(C>0\) and a deterministic algorithm that, for each integer \(k\geq2\) supplied in unary, runs in time \(k^{O(1)}\) and outputs a \(k\)-vertex-minor-universal graph with at most \(Ck^2\) vertices?
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Exact LOCC entanglement cost of the elegant joint measurement
Is the exact deterministic LOCC entanglement cost of the two-qubit elegant joint measurement \(\mathcal M_{\mathrm{EJM}}\) equal to one ebit when arbitrary finite-dimensional pure entangled resources are allowed?
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Gaussian entanglement of formation beyond bisymmetry
Does Gaussian entanglement of formation equal unrestricted entanglement of formation for every non-bisymmetric multimode Gaussian state?
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Multi-slot overhead of virtual channel conjugation
What is the optimal quasiprobability overhead of implementing the complex conjugate of an unknown quantum channel from \(n\) queries?
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Closed-form exact PPT distillable entanglement
What computable expression, if any, equals the regularized exact PPT distillable entanglement of a bipartite state?
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Asymptotic metrology with quantum-controlled causal order
Does quantum control of causal order yield a persistent asymptotic metrological advantage over parallel access for some regular, finite-dimensional channel family?
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Achievability of the Rains bound under completely PPT-preserving channels
Is the Rains bound asymptotically achievable by completely positive-partial-transpose-preserving (completely PPT-preserving) channels for every full-rank two-qubit Bell-diagonal state, and what channel family achieves it?
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Two-way distillable entanglement of mixed two-mode Gaussian states
What is the exact two-way distillable entanglement of a finite-energy mixed two-mode Gaussian state?
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Optimal success probability for Gaussian processing of non-Gaussian entanglement
What is the maximal success probability for preparing an approximate two-mode squeezed vacuum from finitely many copies of a non-Gaussian state?
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Strict stationary squeezing limit for one-mode thermal diffusion
Does every stable one-mode thermal Gaussian diffusion obey the sharp stationary squeezing bound \(\lambda_{\min}(V_\infty)>\nu/2\)?
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Optimal output monitoring for parametric-oscillator squeezing
Can any causal output measurement improve the mean conditional position squeezing achieved by ideal homodyne detection?
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Asymptotic nonclassical-state conversion by linear optics
What is the optimal asymptotic conversion rate between finite-energy bosonic states under passive linear-optical protocols?
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Exact covariance criterion for bipartite Gaussian separability
What necessary and sufficient condition on a covariance matrix characterizes bipartite Gaussian separability?
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LOCC discrimination of three maximally entangled states
Can every set of three orthogonal maximally entangled pure states on \(\mathbb C^d\otimes\mathbb C^d\), for every integer \(d\geq4\), be distinguished exactly from one copy using unrestricted two-way local operations and classical communication (LOCC)?
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Exponential entanglement cost with simultaneous classical communication
Does there exist a family of bipartite unitaries requiring exponentially many shared Bell pairs for fixed-error implementation when classical communication is limited to one simultaneous exchange?
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Quasi-linear graph-state resources for Pauli pairability
Does there exist an absolute constant \(a\geq0\) such that \(N_{\mathrm P}(k)=O(k[\log_2(k+1)]^a)\) as the integer \(k\geq2\) tends to infinity?
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Second-level collapse of the exact PPT entanglement-cost hierarchy
Does the semidefinite hierarchy for exact PPT entanglement cost collapse at its second level for every finite-dimensional bipartite density operator \(\rho_{AB}\)?
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Polynomial-time local-unitary equivalence of graph states
Does a deterministic classical algorithm running in \(n^{O(1)}\) time decide local-unitary equivalence of arbitrary graph states on \(n\) labelled qubits?
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Chernoff exponents under separable and LOCC tests across copies
Determine the optimal symmetric discrimination exponents for two faithful noncommuting states when measurements must be separable across copies or implemented by local operations and classical communication (LOCC) among the copies.
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Squashed entanglement of the qubit depolarizing channel
What is the squashed entanglement \(E_{\mathrm{sq}}(\Lambda_p)\) of the qubit depolarizing channel, defined for a mixing parameter \(p\in[0,1]\) by
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Additivity of the relative entropy of entanglement
Does the relative entropy of entanglement of every bipartite state equal its regularization, or is regularization genuinely necessary?
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Additivity of the entanglement of purification
Is the entanglement of purification additive on tensor products?
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Closed-form nonadditivity of the Holevo capacity and entanglement of formation
Construct a simple closed-form or practically computable counterexample to additivity of the Holevo capacity or the entanglement of formation, together with a rigorous certificate of a strict violation.
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Entanglement of formation of generalized Bell-diagonal states
For every local dimension \(d\geq3\), determine the entanglement of formation of an arbitrary Weyl–Bell-diagonal state.
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Unclassified existence parameters for homogeneous AME states
For which of the parameter pairs specified below does an absolutely maximally entangled state exist?
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Entanglement cost of an amplitude-damping-channel Choi state
What is the entanglement cost of the Choi state of the qubit amplitude-damping channel
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Statistical strength of CGLMP measurements
For every \(d\geq3\), do the standard CGLMP Fourier–phase measurements maximize the relative-entropy statistical strength against local realism among all projective \(d\)-outcome measurements on the fixed state \(\lvert\Phi_d\rangle=d^{-1/2}\sum_{j=0}^{d-1}\lvert j,j\rangle\), when the setting distribution is also optimized?
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Entanglement cost of a qubit Bell-diagonal state
What is the entanglement cost of a qubit Bell-diagonal state for an arbitrary probability vector \(\mathbf p=(p_I,p_X,p_Y,p_Z)\)?
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The PPT-squared conjecture
Must the composition of any two compatible PPT completely positive maps be entanglement breaking?
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Bidirectional classical-communication cost of bipartite channel simulation
What is the asymptotic classical-communication cost of simulating a bipartite quantum channel with bidirectional classical communication and non-signalling assistance?
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Universal purification with classically simulable operations
Can classically simulable operations purify an unknown depolarized pure state from any number of copies?
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Structural criterion for classical–entanglement trade-off advantage
Characterize the finite-dimensional quantum channels for which joint classical–entanglement coding strictly outperforms time sharing between unassisted and unlimited-entanglement classical communication.
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Minimum LU–LC counterexample for graph states
What is the least number of qubits for which two graph states can be locally unitary equivalent without being locally Clifford equivalent?
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Finite nontrivial LU moduli of AME states
Do there exist integers \(N,d\geq 2\) for which the absolutely maximally entangled states of \(N\) qudits of local dimension \(d\) form finitely many, but more than one, local-unitary equivalence classes?
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Generalized Stein lemma for fully quantum channel resources
Let \(\mathcal N:\mathcal L(A)\to\mathcal L(B)\) be a finite-dimensional quantum channel.
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POVM steering threshold of higher-dimensional Werner states
What is the exact steering threshold for arbitrary POVMs on a higher-dimensional Werner state?
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Secret key from every Bell-nonlocal behavior
Does every finite-alphabet Bell-nonlocal behavior have a strictly positive asymptotic secret-key rate against arbitrary individual nonsignalling attacks?
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Finite-alphabet nonsignalling simulation of entangled qubits
For every partially entangled two-qubit pure state, does some fixed finite-alphabet nonsignalling resource give an exact noncommunicating simulation of all local projective measurements?
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Universal simulation with two PR boxes
Can shared randomness and at most two Popescu–Rohrlich boxes exactly simulate every pair of local projective measurements on every two-qubit state, without communication?
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Resources for implementing Gibbs-preserving channels
What are the exact one-shot coherence and work costs of implementing an arbitrary Gibbs-preserving channel by thermal operations?
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One-bit simulation of partially entangled qubits
Can shared randomness and one classical bit exactly simulate every pair of local projective measurements on every pure entangled two-qubit state?
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Long-range vacuum CHSH violation
Does the vacuum of a massive free scalar Bose field violate the CHSH inequality between bounded localization regions at arbitrarily large spacelike separation?
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NPT bound entanglement and the rank-five frontier
Does there exist a finite-dimensional bipartite state with non-positive partial transpose (NPT) that is undistillable by local operations and classical communication (LOCC)?
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Minimal-support frontier for absolutely maximally entangled states
Determine, for every integer \(d\geq 2\), the largest number \(\mathcal N(d)\) of \(d\)-level parties that admit an absolutely maximally entangled state of minimal computational-basis support.
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Lockability of two-way distillable entanglement
Can discarding one local qubit reduce two-way distillable entanglement by an arbitrarily large amount?
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Extensible causality and process purification
Is every finite-dimensional extensibly causal process matrix purifiable?
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Absolute separability from spectra
Characterize the spectra of bipartite states that remain separable under every global unitary, and decide whether absolute separability equals absolute positivity under partial transpose in higher local dimensions.
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Semialgebraicity of closed quantum correlations
Is the closure of the finite-dimensional tensor-product correlation set semialgebraic in every fixed bipartite Bell scenario?
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Distillable entanglement of Bell-diagonal states
What is the distillable entanglement \(D(\rho_{\mathbf p})\) under local operations and classical communication (LOCC) for the Bell-diagonal state
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Secret key from every entangled state
Does every finite-dimensional entangled bipartite state have positive asymptotic distillable secret key?
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Optimal CGLMP measurements for a maximally entangled state
For every \(d\geq3\), do the standard Fourier–phase measurements optimize the CGLMP violation of the maximally entangled state among all projective \(d\)-outcome measurements?
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Quantum violations of bipartite Bell facets
Must every nontrivial facet Bell inequality in a finite bipartite scenario have a quantum violation?
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Relative entropy of entanglement for two qubits
Find a closed formula for the relative entropy of entanglement of every two-qubit density operator \(\rho\), including an explicit closest separable state.
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Square-root remainder in generalized quantum equipartition
Let \(H\) be a \(d\)-dimensional Hilbert space.
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Complete facet descriptions for Bell polytopes
Determine complete facet descriptions for local-behavior polytopes beyond the presently solved Bell scenarios, either for a specified unresolved finite scenario or for a nontrivial infinite family with additional structure.
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Constant trace-distance separability testing
What is the computational complexity of testing bipartite separability with a constant trace-distance promise gap?
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Honest-party lockability of distillable key
Can loss of one qubit held by an honest party reduce the two-way distillable secret key by an arbitrarily large amount?
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Real four-quhex absolutely maximally entangled state
Does there exist an \(\operatorname{AME}(4,6)\) state whose coefficients are real in a product basis?
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