Contextuality from Single-State Ontological Models: An Information-Theoretic No-Go Theorem

This paper establishes an information-theoretic no-go theorem proving that classical ontological models constrained to reuse a single ontic state space across multiple interventions inevitably incur an irreducible contextual information cost, thereby identifying contextuality as a fundamental limitation of such classical representations that quantum theory circumvents by relaxing the single-variable assumption.

Song-Ju KimWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

A Mathematical Theory of Agency and Intelligence

This paper introduces "bipredictability" (P) as a fundamental, bounded measure of shared information between observations, actions, and outcomes to distinguish mere agency from true intelligence, demonstrating that current AI systems lack the self-monitoring feedback loops necessary for adaptive learning and proposing a thalamocortical-inspired architecture to restore it.

Wael Hafez, Chenan Wei, Rodrigo Pena, Amir Nazeri, Cameron ReidTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

Generalized Pinching-Antenna Systems: A Tutorial on Principles, Design Strategies, and Future Directions

This paper introduces the concept of generalized pinching-antenna systems as a transformative, flexible architecture for next-generation wireless networks, providing a comprehensive tutorial on their physical principles, diverse realizations, design strategies, integration with emerging technologies, and future research directions.

Yanqing Xu, Jingjing Cui, Yongxu Zhu, Zhiguo Ding, Tsung-Hui Chang, Robert Schober, Vincent W. S. Wong, Octavia A. Dobre, George K. Karagiannidis, H. Vincent Poor, Xiaohu YouTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

Finite Block Length Rate-Distortion Theory for the Bernoulli Source with Hamming Distortion: A Tutorial

This paper provides a self-contained tutorial on finite block length rate-distortion theory for a Bernoulli source with Hamming distortion, deriving the classical rate-distortion function, illustrating its computation via the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm, and analyzing finite-length refinements governed by rate-distortion dispersion with accompanying numerical examples.

Bhaskar KrishnamachariTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

Enhancing PLS of Indoor IRS-VLC Systems for Colluding and Non-Colluding Eavesdroppers

This paper proposes a deep reinforcement learning-based approach using proximal policy optimisation to enhance physical layer security in indoor visible light communication systems by leveraging realistic IRS-induced time delays to constructively boost signals for legitimate users while intentionally creating intersymbol interference for both colluding and non-colluding eavesdroppers.

Rashid Iqbal, Ahmed Zoha, Salama Ikki, Muhammad Ali Imran, Hanaa AbumarshoudTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

Thermodynamics a la Souriau on Kähler Non Compact Symmetric Spaces for Cartan Neural Networks

This paper clarifies the abstract geometrical formulation of thermodynamics on non-compact symmetric spaces used in Cartan Neural Networks by proving that only Kähler spaces support Gibbs distributions, explicitly characterizing their generalized temperature spaces via adjoint orbits, and demonstrating the equivalence between various information and thermodynamical geometries while establishing the covariance of these distributions under the full symmetry group.

Pietro G. Fré, Alexander S. Sorin, Mario TrigianteTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

Coherence-Aware Over-the-Air Distributed Learning under Heterogeneous Link Impairments

This paper proposes a coherence-aware federated learning framework that mitigates heterogeneous link impairments by employing product superposition for efficient downlink delivery and partial model reception with local filling for robust uplink aggregation, thereby achieving improved communication efficiency and learning accuracy under varying channel conditions.

Mehdi Karbalayghareh, David J. Love, Christopher G. BrintonTue, 10 Ma🔢 math