The bridge-graph quantum max-flow conjecture in the symmetric regions

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Let ww be a positive integer and let (a,b)(a,b) and (a,b)(a',b') lie in the union of the regions Uw\mathbf{U}_w, Vw\mathbf{V}_w, and Ww\mathbf{W}_w. Consider the bridge graph with bond dimension ww and boundary dimensions a,b,b,aa,b,b',a' as indicated. Bridge-graph quantum max-flow conjecture. One has

QMaxFlow=QMinCut=min{ab,ab}.\operatorname{QMaxFlow}=\operatorname{QMinCut}=\min\{a b',a'b\}.

This extends the symmetric-bond-dimension characterization to the general case in which both pairs belong to the specified regions. The surrounding discussion states that the remaining cases are open; the conjecture is proposed as part of the expected general equality of quantum max-flow and quantum min-cut.

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Fulvio Gesmundo, Vladimir Lysikov and Vincent Steffan, “Quantum max-flow in the bridge graph”, arXiv:2212.09794 (2026).

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