Conjectured Hilbert-Schmidt radius for absolutely PPT qutrit-qudit states

Let M3⊗MnM_3\otimes M_n be equipped with the Hilbert-Schmidt norm, and let I/(3n)I/(3n) denote the maximally mixed state. Consider the smallest Euclidean ball centered at I/(3n)I/(3n) that contains all absolutely PPT states in a 3⊗n3\otimes n system. Geometric-radius conjecture. Its radius is

{13nif n≡0(mod4),27n2+6n−1(9n+1)3nif n≡1(mod4),27n2+12n−4(9n+2)3nif n≡2(mod4),27n2−6n−1(9n−1)3nif n≡3(mod4).\begin{cases} \frac1{3\sqrt n} &\text{if } n\equiv 0\pmod 4,\\ \frac{\sqrt{27n^2+6n-1}}{(9n+1)\sqrt{3n}} &\text{if } n\equiv 1\pmod 4,\\ \frac{\sqrt{27n^2+12n-4}}{(9n+2)\sqrt{3n}} &\text{if } n\equiv 2\pmod 4,\\ \frac{\sqrt{27n^2-6n-1}}{(9n-1)\sqrt{3n}} &\text{if } n\equiv 3\pmod 4. \end{cases}

This is the geometric reformulation of the conjectured maximum-purity formula for absolutely PPT qutrit-qudit states; the numerical estimates do not establish the formula, so it remains open.

References

Primary source

Hoang Phi Dung and Vu The Khoi, “On the maximum purity of absolutely separable bipartite states”, arXiv:2510.19508 (2025).

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