collaborators

8 papers

math.OC2026

Comment on "The polarization hierarchy for polynomial optimization over convex bodies, with applications to nonnegative matrix rank"

Julius A. Zeiss

We revisit the feasibility and convergence claims for the polarization hierarchy of Plávala, Ligthart and Gross [Linear Algebra Appl.\ 723 (2025) 15--32]. Counterexamples show that…

math.CO2026

A counterexample to the quantum Hedetniemi conjecture

Julius A. Zeiss

Godsil, Roberson, Šámal and Severini conjectured that the quantum chromatic number of the categorical product of two graphs equals the minimum of the quantum chromatic numbers of t…

quant-ph2026

Optimal entanglement-assisted source coding under a balanced-difference promise

Julius A. Zeiss

Entanglement can reduce the communication required for coding tasks, but establishing the minimum achievable cost is essential to understanding its limits. We address this question…

quant-ph2026

Sharp continuity of quantum conditional entropy

Mario Berta, Pablo Costa Rico, Gereon Kossmann +2

We prove the sharp uniform continuity bound for quantum conditional entropy. If two bipartite states are at trace distance at most and , the optimal dimension-only mo…

quant-ph2026

Fixed points in de Finetti hierarchies

Gereon Kossmann, Julius A. Zeiss

De Finetti theorems convert permutation symmetry into approximate mixtures of product states and thereby justify a wide range of reductions in classical and quantum statistics. In…

math.OC2026

Finite de Finetti for convex bodies and Polynomial Optimization

Julius A. Zeiss, Gereon Koßmann, René Schwonnek +1

Leveraging a recently proposed notion of relative entropy in general probabilistic theories (GPT), we prove a finite de Finetti representation theorem for general convex bodies. We…

quant-ph2025

On approximate quantum error correction for symmetric noise

Gereon Koßmann, Julius A. Zeiss, Omar Fawzi +1

We revisit the extendability-based semi-definite programming hierarchy introduced by Berta et al. [Mathematical Programming, 1 - 49 (2021)], which provides converging outer bounds…

quant-ph2025

Approximating fixed size quantum correlations in polynomial time

Julius A. Zeiss, Gereon Koßmann, Omar Fawzi +1

We show that -additive approximations of the optimal value of fixed-size two-player free games with fixed-dimensional entanglement assistance can be computed in time $…