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Andrea Zingarofalo

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All Bell inequalities with a quantum advantage in the minimal scenario are self-testing

In the minimal Bell scenario, all extremal quantum correlations are known, but the Tsirelson inequalities that delimit the quantum set remain poorly understood. We study which correlations can maximize a given Tsirelson inequality, and conversely, which inequalities are maximized by a given correlation. We show that every Tsirelson inequality with quantum advantage is maximized by a single, extremal correlation, and thus self-tests the corresponding realization. This characterizes all self-tests based on linear Bell inequalities in this scenario. We also show that at most a two-dimensional family of inequalities can be maximized by a nonlocal extremal correlation. We identify these as polygons for a family of correlations realized by qubit states of arbitrary entanglement. This allows us to deduce that the quantum set is not self-dual.

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Integrability properties and multi-kink solutions of a generalised Fokker-Planck equation

We analyse a generalised Fokker-Planck equation by making essential use of its linearisability through a Cole-Hopf transformation. We determine solutions of travelling wave and multi-kink type by resorting to a geometric construction in the regime of small viscosity. The resulting asymptotic solutions are time-dependent Heaviside step functions representing classical (viscous) shock waves. As a result, line segments in the space of independent variables arise as resonance conditions of exponentials and represent shock trajectories. We then discuss fusion and fission dynamics exhibited by the multi-kinks by drawing parallels in terms of shock collisions and scattering processes between particles, which preserve total mass and momentum. Finally, we propose Bäcklund transformations and examine their action on the solutions to the equation under study.

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