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Bell inequalities are linear constraints on the set of output-probabilities of multi-player protocols that are satisfied by all classical (i.e., local realist) protocols, but that can be violated by quantum protocols using entanglement. This talk will survey the history and present state of knowledge regarding such inequalities, with a view to their application in (quantum) cryptography.
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de Wolf, R. (2011). Bell Inequalities: What Do We Know about Them and Why Should Cryptographers Care?. In: Fehr, S. (eds) Information Theoretic Security. ICITS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6673. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20728-0_11
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