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Nataliia Monina

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arXiv2026

Quantum thermodynamics and semidefinite programming: regularization and algorithms

We investigate variational problems in quantum thermodynamics at positive temperature, in which admissible states are constrained by prescribed outcomes of a finite set of measurements. We solve a problem raised by the recent work [Liu, Minervini, Patel, Wilde; arXiv:2505.04514 - Section C] and develop a general mathematical setup which allows a broad class of possible regularizations. Employing methods inspired by non-commutative optimal transport, we analyze the dual formulation of the problem, study the existence and characterization of maximizers, and investigate the qualitative behavior of the model in the zero-temperature limit. In the second part, we tailor this framework to quantum state tomography and quantum optimal transport. Finally, we address computational aspects, with particular attention to the convergence of algorithms in selected cases.

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arXiv2025

Quantum optimal transport with convex regularization

The goal of this paper is to settle the study of non-commutative optimal transport problems with convex regularization, in their static and finite-dimensional formulations. We consider both the balanced and unbalanced problem and show in both cases a duality result, characterizations of minimizers (for the primal) and maximizers (for the dual). An important tool we define is a non-commutative version of the classical $(c,ψ)$-transforms associated with a general convex regularization, which we employ to prove the convergence of Sinkhorn iterations in the balanced case. Finally, we show the convergence of the unbalanced transport problems towards the balanced one, as well as the convergence of transforms, as the marginal penalization parameters go to $+\infty$.

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arXiv2024

Non-commutative Optimal Transport for semi-definite positive matrices

We introduce the von Neumann entropy regularization of Unbalanced Non-commutative Optimal Transport, specifically Non-commutative Optimal Transport between semi-definite positive matrices (not necessarily with trace one). We prove the existence of a minimizer, compute the weak dual formulation and prove $Γ$-convergence results, demonstrating convergence to both Unbalanced Non-commutative Optimal Transport (as the Entropy-regularization parameter tends to zero) and von Neumann entropy regularized Non-commutative Optimal Transport problems (as the unbalanced penalty parameter tends to infinity). To draw an analogy to the Non-commutative case, we provide a concise introduction of the static formulation of Unbalanced Optimal Transport between positive measures and bounded cost

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