Effective criteria for entanglement witnesses in small dimensions

Abstract

We present an effective set of necessary and sufficient criteria for block-positivity of matrices of order $4$ over $\mathbb{C}$. The approach is based on Sturm sequences and quartic polynomial positivity conditions presented in recent literature. The procedure allows us to test whether a given $4\times 4$ complex matrix corresponds to an entanglement witness, and it is exact when the matrix coefficients belong to the rationals, extended by $\mathrm{i}$. The method can be generalized to ${\mathcal{H}}_2\otimes {\mathcal{H}}_d$ systems for $d>2$ to provide necessary but not sufficient criterion for block-positivity. We also outline an alternative approach to the problem relying on Gröbner bases.

24 pages, 3 figures

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• Entanglement detection
• Optimality for indecomposable entanglement witnesses
• Spectral properties of entanglement witnesses