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This paper establishes the first commuting operator self-test for exact entanglement embezzlement, demonstrating correlations that cannot be realized by standard quantum tensor-product models even with infinite-dimensional local spaces. By leveraging Harris' characterization involving Cuntz algebras, the work provides a rigorous example where the shared Hilbert space fails to factorize compatibly with local measurements. This advancement deepens the theoretical understanding of nonlocal games and the boundaries between commuting operator and standard quantum frameworks.
A commuting operator self-test for exact entanglement embezzlement
arXiv:2609.38083v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We show that the optimal commuting operator correlation for a variant of Coladangelo's two-player generalized nonlocal game, based on the embezzlement of entanglement, is a commuting operator self-test. Our result gives the first correlation self-test for an exact entanglement embezzlement protocol in the commuting operator framework. Because the unique optimal correlation necessitates the exact embezzlement of entanglement, the correlation is unrealizable using quantum tensor-product models, even if the local spaces are allowed to be infinite dimensional. As such, our result provides an example of a commuting operator self-test where the Hilbert space shared by the two parties cannot be factored into a tensor-product of local spaces that is compatible with the local measurement operators. Our main proof technique relies on Harris' unique abstract state characterization of exact embezzlement of entanglement involving Cuntz algebras.
Abstract:We show that the optimal commuting operator correlation for a variant of Coladangelo's two-player generalized nonlocal game, based on the embezzlement of entanglement, is a commuting operator self-test. Our result gives the first correlation self-test for an exact entanglement embezzlement protocol in the commuting operator framework. Because the unique optimal correlation necessitates the exact embezzlement of entanglement, the correlation is unrealizable using quantum tensor-product models, even if the local spaces are allowed to be infinite dimensional. As such, our result provides an example of a commuting operator self-test where the Hilbert space shared by the two parties cannot be factored into a tensor-product of local spaces that is compatible with the local measurement operators. Our main proof technique relies on Harris' unique abstract state characterization of exact embezzlement of entanglement involving Cuntz algebras.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Operator Algebras (math.OA)
arXiv:2609.38083 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2609.38083v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.38083 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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