Border Ranks of Positive and Invariant Tensor Decompositions: Applications to Correlations

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Auteurs principaux: Klingler, Andreas, Netzer, Tim, Coves, Gemma De les
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author Klingler, Andreas
Netzer, Tim
Coves, Gemma De les
author_facet Klingler, Andreas
Netzer, Tim
Coves, Gemma De les
contents The matrix rank and its positive versions are robust for small approximations, i.e. they do not decrease under small perturbations. In contrast, the multipartite tensor rank can collapse for arbitrarily small errors, i.e. there may be a gap between rank and border rank, leading to instabilities in the optimization over sets with fixed tensor rank. Can multipartite positive ranks also collapse for small perturbations? In this work, we prove that multipartite positive and invariant tensor decompositions exhibit gaps between rank and border rank, including tensor rank purifications and cyclic separable decompositions. We also prove a correspondence between positive decompositions and membership in certain sets of multipartite probability distributions, and leverage the gaps between rank and border rank to prove that these correlation sets are not closed. It follows that testing membership of probability distributions arising from resources like translational invariant Matrix Product States is impossible in finite time. Overall, this work sheds light on the instability of ranks and the unique behavior of bipartite systems.
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spellingShingle Border Ranks of Positive and Invariant Tensor Decompositions: Applications to Correlations
Klingler, Andreas
Netzer, Tim
Coves, Gemma De les
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
The matrix rank and its positive versions are robust for small approximations, i.e. they do not decrease under small perturbations. In contrast, the multipartite tensor rank can collapse for arbitrarily small errors, i.e. there may be a gap between rank and border rank, leading to instabilities in the optimization over sets with fixed tensor rank. Can multipartite positive ranks also collapse for small perturbations? In this work, we prove that multipartite positive and invariant tensor decompositions exhibit gaps between rank and border rank, including tensor rank purifications and cyclic separable decompositions. We also prove a correspondence between positive decompositions and membership in certain sets of multipartite probability distributions, and leverage the gaps between rank and border rank to prove that these correlation sets are not closed. It follows that testing membership of probability distributions arising from resources like translational invariant Matrix Product States is impossible in finite time. Overall, this work sheds light on the instability of ranks and the unique behavior of bipartite systems.
title Border Ranks of Positive and Invariant Tensor Decompositions: Applications to Correlations
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.13478