Singularity of type D4D_4 arising from four qubit systems

An intriguing correspondence between four-qubit systems and simple singularity of type $D_4$ is established. We first consider an algebraic variety $X$ of separable states within the projective Hilbert space $\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{H})=\mathbb{P}^{15}$. Then, cutting $X$ with a specific hyperplane $H$, we prove that the $X$-hypersurface, defined from the section $X\cap H\subset X$, has an isolated singularity of type $D_4$; it is also shown that this is the "worst-possible" isolated singularity one can obtain by this construction. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this correspondence admits a dual version by proving that the equation of the dual variety of $X$, which is nothing but the Cayley hyperdeterminant of type $2\times 2\times 2\times 2$, can be expressed in terms of the SLOCC invariant polynomials as the discriminant of the miniversal deformation of the $D_4$-singularity.Comment: 20 pages, 5 table

Entanglement of four-qubit systems: a geometric atlas with polynomial compass II (the tame world)

We propose a new approach to the geometry of the four-qubit entanglement classes depending on parameters. More precisely, we use invariant theory and algebraic geometry to describe various stratifications of the Hilbert space by SLOCC invariant algebraic varieties. The normal forms of the four-qubit classification of Verstraete {\em et al.} are interpreted as dense subsets of components of the dual variety of the set of separable states and an algorithm based on the invariants/covariants of the four-qubit quantum states is proposed to identify a state with a SLOCC equivalent normal form (up to qubits permutation).Comment: 49 pages, 16 figure