Abstract
We propose an inductive procedure to classify -partite entanglement under stochastic local operations and classical communication provided such a classification is known for qubits. The method is based upon the analysis of the coefficient matrix of the state in an arbitrary product basis. We illustrate this approach in detail with the well-known bipartite and tripartite systems, obtaining as a by-product a systematic criterion to establish the entanglement class of a given pure state without resourcing to any entanglement measure. The general case is proved by induction, allowing us to find an upper bound for the number of -partite entanglement classes in terms of the number of entanglement classes for qubits.
- Received 6 July 2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.052336
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