TY - JOUR T1 - Rank Reduction for the Local Consistency Problem JF - Journal of Mathematical Physics Y1 - 2012 A1 - Jianxin Chen A1 - Zhengfeng Ji A1 - Alexander Klyachko A1 - David W. Kribs A1 - Bei Zeng AB - We address the problem of how simple a solution can be for a given quantum local consistency instance. More specifically, we investigate how small the rank of the global density operator can be if the local constraints are known to be compatible. We prove that any compatible local density operators can be satisfied by a low rank global density operator. Then we study both fermionic and bosonic versions of the N-representability problem as applications. After applying the channel-state duality, we prove that any compatible local channels can be obtained through a global quantum channel with small Kraus rank. VL - 53 U4 - 022202 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3235v2 CP - 2 J1 - J. Math. Phys. U5 - 10.1063/1.3685644 ER -