The positivity conjecture for the Werner-state matrix H

Let MdM_d denote the complex d×dd\times d matrices. For X,YMdX,Y\in M_d, let H(X,Y)H(X,Y) be the Hermitian matrix associated in the source with the biquadratic form governing 2-distillability of the Werner state at t=1/2t=1/2.

Positivity conjecture for the Werner-state matrix HH. The matrix H(X,Y)H(X,Y) is positive semidefinite for all X,YMdX,Y\in M_d.

The source states that this is an equivalent formulation of the 2-distillability conjecture. Positivity is proved there for diagonal XX and YY, while the general case remains open; numerical evidence is reported for d=3d=3, and the case d=4d=4 is described as open.

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Dragomir Z. Djokovic, “On two-distillable Werner states”, arXiv:1003.4337 (2016).

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