Disjoint classical purifications conjecture

Let ψa\psi_a and ψb\psi_b be two pure states of a generic statistical system, such as a quantum system. Let F1({ψa})F^{-1}(\{\psi_a\}) and F1({ψb})F^{-1}(\{\psi_b\}) be the sets of classical statistical states reproducing those states, and let AA and BB be the sets of pure classical states into which these preimage sets can be purified.

Disjoint classical purifications conjecture. The sets AA and BB have neither pure nor mixed states in common.

This extends the preceding convex-geometric restriction to systems with a continuum of extreme points and possibly infinite dimensions. The source gives no resolution and presents the statement among its physical conjectures.

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P. G. L. Porta Mana, “Conjectures and questions in convex geometry (of interest for quantum theory and other physical statistical theories)”, arXiv:1105.3238 (2011).

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