@article{ratedistortionlimitsformultimodalretriev, title = {Rate-Distortion Limits for Multimodal Retrieval: Theory, Optimal Codes, and Finite-Sample Guarantees}, author = {Thomas Y. Chen}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2509.11054}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11054}, }