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Finite two-player entangled games and parallel repetition

Definition
quantum_parallel_repetition_game

by Henry Yuen · Aug 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

nonlocal-gamesparallel-repetitionquantum-information

A finite two-player one-round game has finite question sets X,YX,YX,Y, finite answer sets A,BA,BA,B, a nonnegative normalized question distribution μ(x,y)\mu(x,y)μ(x,y), and a Boolean verification predicate V(x,y,a,b)V(x,y,a,b)V(x,y,a,b). Its nnn-fold parallel repetition samples nnn question pairs independently and accepts exactly when every coordinate accepts.

An entangled strategy chooses arbitrary finite-dimensional local systems, a positive-semidefinite trace-one joint state, and measurement operators {Aax}a\{A_a^x\}_a{Aax​}a​ and {Bby}b\{B_b^y\}_b{Bby​}b​ forming a POVM for each possible question xxx or yyy. The Born rule assigns the answer pair (a,b)(a,b)(a,b) probability

Re⁡Tr⁡ ⁣(ρ (Aax⊗Bby)).\operatorname{Re}\operatorname{Tr}\!\left(\rho\,(A_a^x\otimes B_b^y)\right).ReTr(ρ(Aax​⊗Bby​)).

The strategy's winning probability is the average of this quantity over accepted question-answer tuples. The entangled value ω∗(G)\omega^*(G)ω∗(G) is the supremum of the winning probabilities over all such finite-dimensional strategies, and ω∗(Gn)\omega^*(G^n)ω∗(Gn) is the corresponding value for the repeated game.

This definition provides the common formal language used by the mission's qualitative, polynomial, and exponential parallel-repetition statements.

Formalization Note The game uses real-valued normalized weights and a Boolean predicate. Repeated questions and answers are functions from Fin n; repeated strategies may make joint measurements indexed by whole question tuples and are not required to factor coordinatewise. The entangled value is a supremum over arbitrary finite local index types.

Definition code
import Mathlib.Analysis.Matrix.PosDef
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Kronecker

noncomputable section

open scoped BigOperators ComplexOrder Kronecker
open Matrix

namespace QuantumParallelRepetition

variable {X Y A B : Type*}

/-- A finite two-player, one-round game. -/
structure Game (X Y A B : Type*)
    [Fintype X] [Fintype Y] [Fintype A] [Fintype B] where
  questionWeight : X → Y → ℝ
  weight_nonneg : ∀ x y, 0 ≤ questionWeight x y
  weight_normalized : (∑ x : X, ∑ y : Y, questionWeight x y) = 1
  predicate : X → Y → A → B → Bool

namespace Game

variable [Fintype X] [Fintype Y] [Fintype A] [Fintype B]

/-- The `n`-fold parallel repetition of a game, won only when every coordinate is won. -/
def «repeat» (G : Game X Y A B) (n : ℕ) :
    Game (Fin n → X) (Fin n → Y) (Fin n → A) (Fin n → B) where
  questionWeight xs ys := ∏ i : Fin n, G.questionWeight (xs i) (ys i)
  weight_nonneg xs ys :=
    Finset.prod_nonneg fun i _ => G.weight_nonneg (xs i) (ys i)
  weight_normalized := by
    classical
    calc
      (∑ xs : Fin n → X, ∑ ys : Fin n → Y,
        ∏ i : Fin n, G.questionWeight (xs i) (ys i)) =
          ∑ xs : Fin n → X, ∏ i : Fin n, ∑ y : Y,
            G.questionWeight (xs i) y := by
              apply Finset.sum_congr rfl
              intro xs _
              exact (Fintype.prod_sum
                (fun i : Fin n => fun y : Y => G.questionWeight (xs i) y)).symm
      _ = ∏ _i : Fin n, ∑ x : X, ∑ y : Y,
            G.questionWeight x y := by
              exact (Fintype.prod_sum
                (fun _i : Fin n => fun x : X => ∑ y : Y,
                  G.questionWeight x y)).symm
      _ = 1 := by simp [G.weight_normalized]
  predicate xs ys as bs :=
    decide (∀ i : Fin n, G.predicate (xs i) (ys i) (as i) (bs i) = true)

end Game

/-- A finite-dimensional quantum state represented by a positive semidefinite,
trace-one matrix. -/
structure DensityMatrix (d : Type*) [Fintype d] where
  matrix : Matrix d d ℂ
  positive : matrix.PosSemidef
  trace_one : Matrix.trace matrix = 1

/-- A finite-outcome positive operator-valued measurement. -/
structure POVM (ι d : Type*) [Fintype ι] [Fintype d] [DecidableEq d] where
  operator : ι → Matrix d d ℂ
  positive : ∀ i, (operator i).PosSemidef
  complete : (∑ i : ι, operator i) = 1

/-- A finite-dimensional entangled strategy for a two-player game. -/
structure Strategy [Fintype X] [Fintype Y] [Fintype A] [Fintype B]
    (_G : Game X Y A B) where
  Alice : Type
  Bob : Type
  [alice_fintype : Fintype Alice]
  [bob_fintype : Fintype Bob]
  [alice_decidableEq : DecidableEq Alice]
  [bob_decidableEq : DecidableEq Bob]
  state : DensityMatrix (Alice × Bob)
  aliceMeasurement : X → POVM A Alice
  bobMeasurement : Y → POVM B Bob

attribute [instance] Strategy.alice_fintype Strategy.bob_fintype
  Strategy.alice_decidableEq Strategy.bob_decidableEq

namespace Strategy

variable [Fintype X] [Fintype Y] [Fintype A] [Fintype B]
variable {G : Game X Y A B}

/-- The tensor-product measurement operator for a pair of answers. -/
def jointMeasurementOperator (S : Strategy G) (x : X) (y : Y) (a : A) (b : B) :
    Matrix (S.Alice × S.Bob) (S.Alice × S.Bob) ℂ :=
  (S.aliceMeasurement x).operator a ⊗ₖ (S.bobMeasurement y).operator b

/-- The Born-rule probability of a pair of answers. -/
def outcomeProbability (S : Strategy G) (x : X) (y : Y) (a : A) (b : B) : ℝ :=
  (Matrix.trace (S.state.matrix * S.jointMeasurementOperator x y a b)).re

/-- The winning probability of a fixed entangled strategy. -/
def winProbability (S : Strategy G) : ℝ :=
  ∑ x : X, ∑ y : Y, G.questionWeight x y *
    ∑ a : A, ∑ b : B,
      if G.predicate x y a b = true then S.outcomeProbability x y a b else 0

end Strategy

/-- The entangled value of a game: the supremum of the winning probabilities of all
finite-dimensional entangled strategies. -/
def entangledValue [Fintype X] [Fintype Y] [Fintype A] [Fintype B]
    (G : Game X Y A B) : ℝ :=
  sSup (Set.range (Strategy.winProbability (G := G)))

/-- The entangled value of the `n`-fold parallel repetition of `G`. -/
def repeatedEntangledValue [Fintype X] [Fintype Y] [Fintype A] [Fintype B]
    (G : Game X Y A B) (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  entangledValue (G.repeat n)

end QuantumParallelRepetition

end
Source
Henry Yuen, A parallel repetition theorem for all entangled games, arXiv:1604.04340v1, pp. 1–2 and Section 2.2, p. 6; OpenAI ten-proofs, ComparatorChallenges/G_QuantumParallelRepetition.lean, commit 94bc0feb6a9ff12c7d31d6de640a725c9d43d2b6, https://github.com/openai/ten-proofs/blob/94bc0feb6a9ff12c7d31d6de640a725c9d43d2b6/ComparatorChallenges/G_QuantumParallelRepetition.lean

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