OpenAI reports a two-dimensional entanglement area law

For finite-range bounded interactions of fixed local dimension on any finite induced subgraph of the square lattice, a unique ground state separated by a uniform global spectral gap has entanglement entropy at most C times the crossing-edge boundary size for every set of sites.

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OpenAI reports a two-dimensional entanglement area law

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  • Theoretical Physics

For finite-range bounded interactions of fixed local dimension on any finite induced subgraph of the square lattice, a unique ground state separated by a uniform global spectral gap has entanglement entropy at most C times the crossing-edge boundary size for every set of sites.

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For finite-range bounded interactions of fixed local dimension on any finite induced subgraph of the square lattice, a unique ground state separated by a uniform global spectral gap has entanglement entropy at most C times the crossing-edge boundary size for every set of sites.

Why it matters

If correct, establishes a uniform entanglement area law for the stated broad class of two-dimensional gapped lattice Hamiltonians.

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Does a global gap force an area law for two-dimensional lattice ground states?

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