Entanglement Classification from a Topological Perspective
arXiv:2208.13901 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.126005
Abstract
Classification of entanglement is an important problem in Quantum Resource Theory. In this paper we discuss an embedding of this problem in the context of Topological Quantum Field Theories (TQFT). This approach allows classifying entanglement patterns in terms of topological equivalence classes. In the bipartite case a classification equivalent to the one by Stochastic Local Operations and Classical Communication (SLOCC) is constructed by restricting to a simple class of connectivity diagrams. Such diagrams characterize quantum states of TQFT up to braiding and tangling of the ``connectome.'' In the multipartite case the same restricted topological classification only captures a part of the SLOCC classes, in particular, it does not see the W entanglement of three qubits. Nonlocal braiding of connections may solve the problem, but no finite classification is attempted in this case. Despite incompleteness, the connectome classification has a straightforward generalization to any number and dimension of parties and has a very intuitive interpretation, which might be useful for understanding specific properties of entanglement and for design of new quantum resources.
arXiv comment18 pages, 1 figure, version accepted to PRD. Significantly updated text following comments of referee(s). Extra references added
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