The IPT-squared conjecture for real and complex matrix algebras

Let K{R,C}\mathbb{K}\in\{\mathbb{R},\mathbb{C}\}, and let Φ:Mn(K)Mn(K)\Phi:M_n(\mathbb{K})\rightarrow M_n(\mathbb{K}) be an IPT map, meaning that its Choi matrix is invariant under partial transposition. A map is K\mathbb{K}-entanglement breaking when it breaks entanglement over the field K\mathbb{K}. IPT-squared conjecture. Every IPT map satisfies that ΦΦ\Phi\circ\Phi is K\mathbb{K}-entanglement breaking.

This conjecture is a field-relative version of the PPT-squared conjecture. The direct real-vector-space analogue using PPT maps is false, even for n=2n=2, whereas the IPT formulation is proposed for both R\mathbb{R} and C\mathbb{C}; its general status remains open.

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Giulio Chiribella, Kenneth R. Davidson, Vern I. Paulsen and Mizanur Rahaman, “Positive maps and entanglement in real Hilbert spaces”, arXiv:2207.02510 (2023).

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