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Quantum Resource Theory
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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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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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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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The PPT-squared conjecture
Must the composition of any two compatible PPT completely positive maps be entanglement breaking?
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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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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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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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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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Asymptotic metrology with quantum-controlled causal order
Does quantum control of causal order yield a persistent asymptotic metrological advantage over parallel access for some smooth finite-dimensional channel family?
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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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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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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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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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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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Achievability of the Rains bound under PPT-preserving channels
Consider distilling the bipartite Bell-diagonal state
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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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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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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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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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Extensible causality and process purification
Is every finite-dimensional extensibly causal process matrix purifiable?
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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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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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Existence of an eight-ququart perfect tensor
Does an absolutely maximally entangled state of eight ququarts exist?
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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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