Average-and Last-Iterate Lower Bounds for Optimistic Matrix Mirror-Prox in Quantum Zero-Sum Games

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arXiv:2609.38835v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Optimistic matrix mirror-prox (OMMP) computes $\epsilon$-approximate Nash equilibria in quantum zero-sum games with an $O(1/\varepsilon)$ average-iterate guarantee [arXiv:2311.10859]. We investigate whether this dependence on accuracy is tight and whether geometric last-iterate convergence can be guaranteed. We study these questions through explicit games with one qubit per player. First, we prove an $\Omega(1/\varepsilon)$ lower bound for the un