The generic tensor-rank conjecture for multipartite quantum states

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Let H=Cd1⊗⋯⊗Cdn\mathcal{H}=\mathbb{C}^{d_1}\otimes\cdots\otimes\mathbb{C}^{d_n} be the Hilbert space of multipartite quantum states. The expected tensor rank is the smallest kk for which the kk-secant variety fills the ambient projective space; equivalently, it is the ceiling of the ambient dimension divided by the dimension of a general rank-one parameter count. Generic tensor-rank conjecture. For a general multipartite quantum state, the generic tensor rank is

rk⁡gen=⌈∏i=1ndi∑i=1n(di−1)+1⌉,\operatorname{rk}_{\text{gen}}=\left\lceil\frac{\prod_{i=1}^n d_i}{\sum_{i=1}^n(d_i-1)+1}\right\rceil,

except for C4×4×3\mathbb{C}^{4\times4\times3}, C(2i+1)×(2i+1)×3\mathbb{C}^{(2i+1)\times(2i+1)\times3}, and C(i+2)×(i+2)×2×2\mathbb{C}^{(i+2)\times(i+2)\times2\times2} with i∈Z+i\in\mathbb{Z}^+, where it is the expected rank plus one. This is the expected-dimension prediction for secant varieties of Segre varieties. The supplied text records the exceptional cases but does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Masoud Gharahi, “Classifying Entanglement by Algebraic Geometry”, arXiv:2408.12265 (2025).

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