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Evaluating the geometric measure of quantum discord

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We derive analytic formulas for the geometric measure of quantum discord introduced by Dakic, Vedral, and Brukner for pure states and (2×n)-dimensional states and establish a general lower bound for arbitrary states.

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Correspondence to Shunlong Luo.

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Prepared from an English manuscript submitted by the authors; for the Russian version, see Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 171, No. 3, pp. 519–528, June, 2012.

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Luo, S., Fu, S. Evaluating the geometric measure of quantum discord. Theor Math Phys 171, 870–878 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-012-0082-x

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