@article{optimaltopkidentificationfrompairwisecom, title = {Optimal Top-$k$ Identification from Pairwise Comparisons}, author = {Motti Goldberger and Nils Rudi}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2607.08979}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08979}, }