Entanglement map · Established

Catalysis cannot distill PPT bound entanglement

Proved, with a source.

Catalytic transformations can never distill entanglement from a PPT bound entangled state, even if the catalyst becomes correlated with the system. So catalysis cannot make entanglement theory asymptotically reversible.

Connections

• Part of: Conversion
• See also: With catalysts, entanglement entropy decides pure state conversion
• See also: Entanglement manipulation under LOCC is irreversible

Sources

• No-go theorem for entanglement distillation using catalysis. L. Lami, B. Regula, A. Streltsov, 2023.

Checked 2026-10-30.