How often is a random quantum statek-entangled?
Stanisław J. Szarek, Elisabeth M. Werner, Karol Życzkowski · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical · 2010
The set of trace-preserving, positive maps acting on density matrices of size d forms a convex body. We investigate its nested subsets consisting of k -positive maps, where k = 2, ..., d . Working with the measure induced by the Hilbert–Schmidt distance we derive asymptotically tight bounds for the volumes of these sets. Our results strongly suggest that the inner set of ( k + 1) -positive maps forms a small fraction of the outer set of k -positive maps. These results are related to analogous bounds for the relative volume of the sets of k -entangled states describing a bipartite d × d system.