@article{asynonymousvariationalperspectiveonthera,
  title = {A Synonymous Variational Perspective on the Rate-Distortion-Perception Tradeoff},
  author = {Zijian Liang and Kai Niu and Changshuo Wang and Jin Xu and Ping Zhang},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2604.14603},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14603},
}