https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02100-9
Regular Article
Locality of orthogonal product states via multiplied copies
College of Mathematics, South China University of Technology, 510641, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Received:
14
July
2021
Accepted:
12
October
2021
Published online:
22
November
2021
In this paper, we consider the LOCC distinguishability of product states. We employ polygons to analyze orthogonal product states in any system to show that with LOCC protocols, to distinguish seven orthogonal product states, one can exclude four states via a single copy. In bipartite systems, this result implies that N orthogonal product states are LOCC distinguishable if 
copies are allowed, where 
for a real number l means the smallest integer not less than l. In multipartite systems, this result implies that N orthogonal product states are LOCC distinguishable if 
copies are allowed. We also give a theorem to show how many states can be excluded via a single copy if we are distinguishing n orthogonal product states by LOCC protocols in a bipartite system. Not like previous results, our result is a general result for any set of orthogonal product states in any system.
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