#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Finite checks of exact minimax recovery for nonnegative Schur channels. These computations supplement the mathematical proofs. They do not establish the theorem or certify novelty. Only NumPy, SciPy, and the standard library are required. No semidefinite optimizer or recovery-search claim is used. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json from pathlib import Path import numpy as np from scipy.optimize import minimize import scipy SEED = 20261102 TOLERANCE = 5.0e-7 def trace_norm_hermitian(matrix: np.ndarray) -> float: matrix = (matrix + matrix.conj().T) / 2 return float(np.sum(np.abs(np.linalg.eigvalsh(matrix)))) def solve_simplex(correlation: np.ndarray) -> dict: """Return a feasible primal vector and a rigorous-form dual certificate. The certificate expressions are mathematically valid for an exact feasible vector; their floating-point evaluation is subject to roundoff. The optimizer is never treated as a proof of optimality. """ dimension = len(correlation) result = minimize( lambda q: float(q @ correlation @ q), np.full(dimension, 1.0 / dimension), jac=lambda q: 2 * correlation @ q, method="SLSQP", bounds=[(0.0, 1.0)] * dimension, constraints=[{"type": "eq", "fun": lambda q: float(np.sum(q) - 1), "jac": lambda q: np.ones(dimension)}], options={"ftol": 1e-14, "maxiter": 2000}, ) assert result.success, result.message q = np.maximum(result.x, 0.0) q /= np.sum(q) upper = float(q @ correlation @ q) lower = float(2 * np.min(correlation @ q) - upper) gap = max(0.0, upper - lower) assert gap < TOLERANCE return {"q": q, "upper": upper, "lower": lower, "duality_gap": gap} def random_recovery(dimension: int, input_dimension: int, rng: np.random.Generator) -> list[np.ndarray]: kraus_count = max(3, (input_dimension + dimension - 1) // dimension + 1) gaussian = rng.normal(size=(kraus_count * dimension, input_dimension)) gaussian = gaussian + 1j * rng.normal(size=gaussian.shape) isometry, _ = np.linalg.qr(gaussian, mode="reduced") kraus = [isometry[i * dimension:(i + 1) * dimension, :] for i in range(kraus_count)] assert np.linalg.norm(sum(r.conj().T @ r for r in kraus) - np.eye(input_dimension)) < 1e-10 return kraus def random_recovery_fidelity(correlation: np.ndarray, q: np.ndarray, rng: np.random.Generator) -> float: dimension = len(correlation) recovery = random_recovery(dimension, dimension, rng) diagonals = np.array([np.diag(kraus) for kraus in recovery]) diagonal_gram = diagonals.T @ diagonals.conj() fidelity = float(np.real(q @ (correlation * diagonal_gram) @ q)) return fidelity def positive_correlation(dimension: int, branches: int, rng: np.random.Generator) -> np.ndarray: vectors = rng.uniform(0.001, 1.0, (branches, dimension)) vectors /= np.linalg.norm(vectors, axis=0, keepdims=True) return vectors.T @ vectors def verify_channel(correlation: np.ndarray, rng: np.random.Generator, name: str, require_nonnegative: bool = True) -> dict: dimension = len(correlation) assert np.max(np.abs(correlation - correlation.T)) < 1e-12 assert np.max(np.abs(np.diag(correlation) - 1)) < 1e-12 assert np.linalg.eigvalsh(correlation)[0] > -1e-10 if require_nonnegative: assert np.min(correlation) > -1e-12 solution = solve_simplex(correlation) q, upper, lower = solution["q"], solution["upper"], solution["lower"] difference_kernel = np.ones_like(correlation) - correlation worst_weighted_excess = 0.0 for _ in range(16): p = rng.dirichlet(np.ones(dimension)) weighted = np.sqrt(p)[:, None] * difference_kernel * np.sqrt(p)[None, :] norm = trace_norm_hermitian(weighted) worst_weighted_excess = max(worst_weighted_excess, norm - 2 * (1 - lower)) assert norm <= 2 * (1 - lower) + TOLERANCE assert np.count_nonzero(np.linalg.eigvalsh(weighted) > 1e-10) <= 1 weighted = np.sqrt(q)[:, None] * difference_kernel * np.sqrt(q)[None, :] extremal_error = abs(trace_norm_hermitian(weighted) - 2 * (1 - upper)) assert extremal_error < TOLERANCE fidelity_excess = 0.0 if require_nonnegative: for _ in range(4): fidelity = random_recovery_fidelity(correlation, q, rng) fidelity_excess = max(fidelity_excess, fidelity - upper) assert fidelity <= upper + TOLERANCE return { "kind": "nonnegative_schur" if require_nonnegative else "real_schur_fixed_channel_only", "name": name, "dimension": dimension, "simplex_minimum_upper": upper, "simplex_minimum_lower": lower, "duality_gap": solution["duality_gap"], "extremal_trace_norm_identity_error": extremal_error, "maximum_random_input_bound_excess": max(0.0, worst_weighted_excess), "maximum_random_recovery_fidelity_excess": max(0.0, fidelity_excess), } def verify_flagged(dimension: int, branches: int, rng: np.random.Generator) -> dict: probabilities = rng.uniform(0.0, 1.0, (branches, dimension)) probabilities /= np.sum(probabilities, axis=0, keepdims=True) roots = np.sqrt(probabilities) correlation = roots.T @ roots solution = solve_simplex(correlation) q = solution["q"] noise, polar_recovery = [], [] for b in range(branches): embedding = np.zeros((branches * dimension, dimension), dtype=complex) embedding[b * dimension:(b + 1) * dimension, :] = np.eye(dimension) noise.append(embedding @ np.diag(roots[b])) polar_recovery.append(embedding.conj().T) assert np.linalg.norm(sum(e.conj().T @ e for e in noise) - np.eye(dimension)) < 1e-10 assert np.linalg.norm(sum(r.conj().T @ r for r in polar_recovery) - np.eye(branches * dimension)) < 1e-10 seed = rng.normal(size=(dimension, dimension)) + 1j * rng.normal(size=(dimension, dimension)) rho = seed @ seed.conj().T rho /= np.trace(rho) noisy = sum(e @ rho @ e.conj().T for e in noise) recovered = sum(r @ noisy @ r.conj().T for r in polar_recovery) polar_channel_error = float(np.linalg.norm(recovered - correlation * rho)) assert polar_channel_error < 1e-10 maximum_fidelity_excess = 0.0 for _ in range(4): recovery = random_recovery(dimension, branches * dimension, rng) fidelity = sum(abs(np.trace(np.diag(q) @ r @ e)) ** 2 for r in recovery for e in noise) maximum_fidelity_excess = max(maximum_fidelity_excess, float(fidelity - solution["upper"])) assert fidelity <= solution["upper"] + TOLERANCE return {"kind": "orthogonal_flagged_commuting_channel", "dimension": dimension, "branches": branches, "duality_gap": solution["duality_gap"], "polar_channel_identity_error": polar_channel_error, "maximum_random_recovery_fidelity_excess": max(0.0, maximum_fidelity_excess)} def verify_binary(dimension: int, rng: np.random.Generator) -> dict: a, b = sorted(rng.uniform(-1, 1, 2)) lambdas = np.concatenate(([a, b], rng.uniform(a, b, dimension - 2))) roots = np.sqrt(np.vstack(((1 - lambdas) / 2, (1 + lambdas) / 2))) correlation = roots.T @ roots solution = solve_simplex(correlation) fidelity = 0.5 * (np.sqrt((1 + a) * (1 + b)) + np.sqrt((1 - a) * (1 - b))) exact_error = 1 - fidelity qp_error = 2 * (1 - solution["upper"]) assert abs(qp_error - exact_error) < TOLERANCE return {"kind": "binary_closed_formula", "dimension": dimension, "minimum_eigenvalue": float(a), "maximum_eigenvalue": float(b), "closed_form_diamond_error": float(exact_error), "closed_formula_error": abs(qp_error - exact_error), "duality_gap": solution["duality_gap"]} def verify_tensor(rng: np.random.Generator) -> dict: first = positive_correlation(3, 4, rng) second = positive_correlation(4, 3, rng) left, right = solve_simplex(first), solve_simplex(second) product = np.kron(first, second) joint = solve_simplex(product) q_product = np.kron(left["q"], right["q"]) expected = left["upper"] * right["upper"] tensor_error = abs(joint["upper"] - expected) assert tensor_error < TOLERANCE assert abs(q_product @ product @ q_product - expected) < 1e-12 product_gap = max(0.0, 2 * (q_product @ product @ q_product - np.min(product @ q_product))) assert product_gap < TOLERANCE return {"kind": "tensorization", "dimensions": [3, 4], "joint_simplex_minimum": joint["upper"], "product_of_simplex_minima": expected, "tensorization_error": tensor_error, "product_witness_duality_gap": float(product_gap), "duality_gap": joint["duality_gap"]} def run_checks() -> dict: rng = np.random.default_rng(SEED) checks = [] for d in (2, 3, 5, 8): checks.append(verify_channel(np.eye(d), rng, f"complete_dephasing_{d}")) checks.append(verify_channel(np.ones((5, 5)), rng, "identity_channel")) for d, p in ((3, 0.15), (4, 0.5), (6, 0.8), (7, 1.0)): correlation = (1 - p) * np.ones((d, d)) + p * np.eye(d) record = verify_channel(correlation, rng, f"equicorrelation_{d}_{p}") exact = 1 - p + p / d assert abs(record["simplex_minimum_upper"] - exact) < 1e-12 checks.append(record) for repetition in range(7): d, branches = 3 + repetition % 4, 2 + repetition % 5 checks.append(verify_channel(positive_correlation(d, branches, rng), rng, f"positive_gram_{repetition}")) for repetition in range(3): points = rng.normal(size=(6, 2)) squared = np.sum((points[:, None, :] - points[None, :, :]) ** 2, axis=2) correlation = np.exp(-(0.2 + repetition) * squared) checks.append(verify_channel(correlation, rng, f"gaussian_phase_kernel_{repetition}")) cycle = np.eye(5) for i in range(5): cycle[i, (i + 1) % 5] = cycle[(i + 1) % 5, i] = 0.6 checks.append(verify_channel(cycle, rng, "nonnegative_five_cycle_correlation")) for repetition in range(8): checks.append(verify_binary(2 + repetition % 5, rng)) for repetition in range(8): checks.append(verify_flagged(2 + repetition % 4, 2 + repetition % 3, rng)) for _ in range(8): checks.append(verify_tensor(rng)) for repetition in range(4): vectors = rng.normal(size=(3, 4)) vectors /= np.linalg.norm(vectors, axis=0, keepdims=True) checks.append(verify_channel(vectors.T @ vectors, rng, f"signed_real_gram_{repetition}", False)) negative_phase = np.array([[1.0, -1.0], [-1.0, 1.0]]) solution = solve_simplex(negative_phase) assert abs(solution["upper"]) < 1e-12 assert np.linalg.norm(negative_phase * negative_phase - np.ones((2, 2))) < 1e-12 checks.append({"kind": "negative_phase_counterexample_to_identity_optimality", "fixed_channel_diamond_error": 2.0, "phase_unitary_corrected_diamond_error": 0.0}) complex_phase = np.array([[1, 1j], [-1j, 1]], dtype=complex) p = np.array([0.5, 0.5]) weighted = np.sqrt(p)[:, None] * (np.ones((2, 2)) - complex_phase) * np.sqrt(p)[None, :] measured = trace_norm_hermitian(weighted) wrong_real_extension = 2 * (1 - float(np.real(p @ complex_phase @ p))) assert abs(measured - np.sqrt(2)) < 1e-12 assert abs(measured - wrong_real_extension) > 0.4 checks.append({"kind": "complex_phase_counterexample_to_real_distance_formula", "fixed_channel_diamond_error": measured, "invalid_real_formula_value": wrong_real_extension}) return { "label": "Finite numerical checks; not a proof of universal optimality or a novelty certificate.", "seed": SEED, "numpy_version": np.__version__, "scipy_version": scipy.__version__, "tolerance": TOLERANCE, "all_checks_passed": True, "check_count": len(checks), "maximum_simplex_duality_gap": max(entry.get("duality_gap", 0.0) for entry in checks), "maximum_extremal_trace_norm_identity_error": max(entry.get("extremal_trace_norm_identity_error", 0.0) for entry in checks), "maximum_binary_closed_formula_error": max(entry.get("closed_formula_error", 0.0) for entry in checks), "maximum_tensorization_error": max(entry.get("tensorization_error", 0.0) for entry in checks), "checks": checks, } def main() -> None: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument("--output", type=Path, default=Path(__file__).with_name("minimax_results.json")) arguments = parser.parse_args() results = run_checks() arguments.output.write_text(json.dumps(results, indent=2) + "\n", encoding="utf-8") print(json.dumps({key: value for key, value in results.items() if key != "checks"}, indent=2)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()