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Intractability of Witnessing Entangled Measurements Device Independently
Peter Bierhorst·February 16, 2026
Quantum Physics
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Abstract
Protocols have been previously proposed to certify the presence of an entangled measurement in a fully device-independent manner. Here, I provide models for these protocols in which the claimed measurement is not entangled, and demonstrate it is always possible to displace entanglement from measurements to measured states for a general class of device-independent scenarios. This indicates that no black-box measurement scenario requires entangled measurements to replicate its behavior, which is relevant to our fundamental understanding of this phenomenon and how to witness it.