Journal of High Energy Physics (Aug 2019)

Bit threads and holographic entanglement of purification

  • Jonathan Harper,
  • Matthew Headrick

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2019)101
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2019, no. 8
pp. 1 – 41

Abstract

Read online

Abstract Generalizing the bit thread formalism, we use convex duality to derive dual flow programs to the bipartite and multipartite holographic entanglement of purification proposals and then prove several inequalities using these constructions. In the multipartite case we find the flows exhibit novel behavior which allows for a constrained flux on the boundary of the homology region. We show this flux can be made distinct from bi-partite terms and reflects the truly multipartite portion of the holographic entanglement of purification.

Keywords