From triangles to prisms: towards a geometric extension of concurrence fill for three-qubit mixed states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.07145v1
• Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:02:53 GMT
• Title: From triangles to prisms: towards a geometric extension of concurrence fill for three-qubit mixed states
• Abstract summary: We show that any rank-2 three-qubit mixed state can be visualized in terms of concurrence prisms associated with their pure state decompositions.<n>We then consider three-qubit mixed states that are incoherent mixtures of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) and W states.
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• Abstract: The quantification of multipartite entanglement remains a long-standing open challenge in quantum information theory with major implications for quantum foundations and quantum technologies. In the context of three-qubit pure states, the concurrence triangle underlies geometric interpretations for a variety of multipartite entanglement measures. In particular, the concurrence fill, which is proportional to the square root of the area of the concurrence triangle, has been shown to be a valid measure of genuine tripartite entanglement. As a result, there is now significant interest in extending the concurrence triangle and concurrence fill to three-qubit mixed states. In this work, we show that any rank-2 three-qubit mixed state can be visualized in terms of concurrence prisms associated with their pure state decompositions. Thus, the concurrence fill of the mixed state obtained through convex-roof extension is proportional to the total prism fill area, defined as the square root of the base area times the height, associated with the prisms minimized over all pure state decompositions. We then consider three-qubit mixed states that are incoherent mixtures of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) and W states and analytically perform their convex-roof extension to obtain a closed-form expression for the concurrence fill of these rank-2 mixtures. Finally, we apply the geometric picture of concurrence prisms to these mixtures and their pure state decomposition corresponding to minimum concurrence fill as a tool for visualization.

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