Manuscript Em05-B@1 · Em05-B-v1.tex · lemma · 6c050f5b
Lemma: Finite decoder optima are attained
Notation, tasks, and elementary witnesses · lines 345–356 · proof included or linked
Em05-B@1#lem:attainment
Both extrema in (eq:optimalError) and (eq:optimalBell) are attained.
Proof. The Choi matrices of CPTP maps of the fixed type are positive, have a fixed partial trace, and form a nonempty compact set. Bell fidelity and the channel norm are continuous on this finite-dimensional set.