The PPT squared conjecture via tensor products of PPT maps

Let Mdi\mathcal{M}_{d_i} denote the algebra of complex di×did_i\times d_i matrices. Let

T1:Md1Md2,T2:Md3Md4T_1:\mathcal{M}_{d_1}\rightarrow\mathcal{M}_{d_2},\qquad T_2:\mathcal{M}_{d_3}\rightarrow\mathcal{M}_{d_4}

be linear maps, each completely positive and completely copositive. For a positive matrix X(Md1Md3)+X\in(\mathcal{M}_{d_1}\otimes\mathcal{M}_{d_3})^+, write (T1T2)(X)(T_1\otimes T_2)(X) for its image. A matrix is separable if it is a sum of positive product matrices. PPT squared conjecture. The matrix (T1T2)(X)(T_1\otimes T_2)(X) is separable for every positive matrix X(Md1Md3)+X\in(\mathcal{M}_{d_1}\otimes\mathcal{M}_{d_3})^+. This is another reformulation of the PPT squared conjecture, connected to locally entanglement-annihilating maps; the source supplies no resolution, so the claim remains open.

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Matthias Christandl, Alexander Müller-Hermes and Michael M. Wolf, “When Do Composed Maps Become Entanglement Breaking?”, arXiv:1807.01266 (2019).

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