On the saturated cases of the distillability conjecture

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03561v1
• Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:29:10 GMT
• Title: On the saturated cases of the distillability conjecture
• Abstract summary: We show that equality forces the matrices $A$ and $B$ to be two-by-two block-diagonal.<n>We also prove that the identified saturation points are critical points of the objective function on the constraint manifold.
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• Abstract: The distillability conjecture for two-copy four-by-four Werner states has been an open problem in quantum information for years. We investigate the conditions under which the conjectured inequality becomes an equality. For all known cases where the conjecture has been verified, we characterize the saturation conditions and show that equality forces the matrices $A$ and $B$ to be two-by-two block-diagonal. In particular, several previously obtained partial results, including the cases of one normal matrix, unitary similarity between $B$ and $-A$ or $-A^T$, and anti-diagonal block structures, are reduced to this common block-diagonal structure. We also employ a manifold optimization method, which provides numerical evidence that the two-by-two block-diagonal structure is essential for saturating the inequality. Furthermore, we prove that the identified saturation points are critical points of the objective function on the constraint manifold.

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