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    Bound entanglement in symmetric random induced states

    J. Louvet*, F. Damanet†, and T. Bastin‡

    • Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Atomique et de Spectroscopie, CESAM, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium

    • *Contact author: jlouvet@uliege.be
    • †Contact author: fdamanet@uliege.be
    • ‡Contact author: T.Bastin@uliege.be

    Phys. Rev. A 113, 042440 – Published 16 April, 2026

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/klk3-wjvn

    Abstract

    Bound entanglement, a weak, yet resourceful, form of quantum entanglement, remains notoriously hard to detect and construct. We address this here by leveraging symmetric random induced states, where positive partial transpose (PPT) bound entanglement arises naturally under partial tracing when proper parameters are selected. We investigate the probability of finding PPT bound entanglement in symmetric random induced states constructed via two methods: partial tracing of symmetric multiqubit pure states, on the one hand, and tracing out a qudit ancilla, on the other hand. For N>3 qubits, we demonstrate that bound entanglement naturally emerges under optimal parameters, with a probability of occurrence very close to 1. We show that the two methods produce different varieties of PPT bound entangled states and identify the contexts in which each method offers distinct advantages. These methods provide a versatile toolkit for the generation of large families of random PPT bound entangled states without complex numerical optimization.

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