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The set of quantum correlations is not closed

Quantum Physics 2017-06-30 v2 Mathematical Physics Group Theory math.MP Operator Algebras

Abstract

We construct a linear system non-local game which can be played perfectly using a limit of finite-dimensional quantum strategies, but which cannot be played perfectly on any finite-dimensional Hilbert space, or even with any tensor-product strategy. In particular, this shows that the set of (tensor-product) quantum correlations is not closed. The constructed non-local game provides another counterexample to the "middle" Tsirelson problem, with a shorter proof than our previous paper (though at the loss of the universal embedding theorem). We also show that it is undecidable to determine if a linear system game can be played perfectly with a finite-dimensional strategy, or a limit of finite-dimensional quantum strategies.

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@article{arxiv.1703.08618,
  title  = {The set of quantum correlations is not closed},
  author = {William Slofstra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08618},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

31 pages; v2 adds result on undecidability for finite-dimensional strategies

R2 v1 2026-06-22T18:56:34.089Z