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6 papers

math.OA2026

Positivity is undecidable in tensor products of free algebras

Arthur Mehta, William Slofstra, Yuming Zhao

It is well known that an element of the algebra of noncommutative *-polynomials is positive in all *-representations if and only if it is a sum of squares. This provides an effecti…

quant-ph2025

The NPA hierarchy does not always attain the commuting operator value

Marco Fanizza, Larissa Kroell, Arthur Mehta +4

We show that it is undecidable to determine whether the commuting operator value of a nonlocal game is strictly greater than 1/2. Specifically, there is a computable mapping from T…

quant-ph2025

Deciding Whether a C-Q Channel Preserves a Bit is QCMA-Complete

Kiera Hutton, Arthur Mehta, Andrej Vukovic

We prove that deciding whether a classical-quantum (C-Q) channel can exactly preserve a single classical bit is QCMA-complete. This "bit-preservation" problem is a special case of…

quant-ph2025

A classical proof of quantum knowledge for multi-prover interactive proof systems

Anne Broadbent, Alex B. Grilo, Nagisa Hara +1

In a proof of knowledge (PoK), a verifier becomes convinced that a prover possesses privileged information. In combination with zero-knowledge proof systems, PoKs play an important…

quant-ph2025

Unclonable Functional Encryption

Arthur Mehta, Anne Müller

In a functional encryption (FE) scheme, a user that holds a ciphertext and a function key can learn the result of applying the function to the plaintext message. Security requires…

quant-ph2025

New Approaches to Complexity via Quantum Graphs

Eric Culf, Arthur Mehta

Problems based on the structure of graphs -- for example finding cliques, independent sets, or colourings -- are of fundamental importance in classical complexity. Defining well-fo…