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PhyslibAlpha.ProbabilisticTheory.Classical.BoundedMeasurable

Observables of a sample space

i. Overview

The observables of a sample space `Ω` are the bounded measurable functions on `Ω`, ordered pointwise, with the constant function `1` as order unit. They form a classical system whose observables are even a lattice. For a mechanical system, `Ω` is its phase space; for a measurement, `Ω` is its set of outcomes. Asking whether the outcome lies in a measurable set `A` is the effect `1_A`; these effects form the effect-valued measure of the outcome.

ii. Key results

  • `BoundedMeasurable Ω` is an order-unit lattice.
  • `BoundedMeasurable.indicatorEffect` : the effect testing whether the outcome lies in a set.
  • `BoundedMeasurable.outcomeMeasurement` : the effect-valued measure of the outcome.

iii. Table of contents

  • A. The order-unit space
  • B. Indicator effects

A. The order-unit space

B. Indicator effects

6 declarations

instance

BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega) is an order unit space

The space of bounded measurable functions on a sample space Ω\Omega, denoted by BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega), forms an order unit space. In this space, the order is defined pointwise, and the constant function 1\mathbf{1} serves as the order unit. This means that 1≥0\mathbf{1} \ge 0 and for any bounded measurable function ff, there exists a natural number nn such that f≤n⋅1f \le n \cdot \mathbf{1}.

instance

BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega) is an Archimedean order unit space

The space of bounded measurable functions on a sample space Ω\Omega, denoted by BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega), forms an Archimedean order unit space. This property ensures that the order unit space BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega) satisfies the Archimedean property: for any bounded measurable function ff, if f≤ϵ⋅1f \le \epsilon \cdot \mathbf{1} for all ϵ>0\epsilon > 0 (where 1\mathbf{1} is the constant identity function and the inequality is pointwise), then f≤0f \le 0.

instance

BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega) is an order-unit lattice

The space of bounded measurable functions on a sample space Ω\Omega, denoted by BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega), forms an order-unit lattice. This structure means that BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega) is both an Archimedean order unit space (with the constant function 1\mathbf{1} as the order unit) and a lattice under the pointwise partial order. Specifically, for any two functions f,g∈BoundedMeasurable(Ω)f, g \in \text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega), their pointwise supremum f∨gf \vee g and pointwise infimum f∧gf \wedge g are also bounded measurable functions within the space.

definition

Indicator effect of a measurable set ss

Given a measurable subset s⊆Ωs \subseteq \Omega of a sample space, the indicator effect is the indicator function 1s\mathbf{1}_s regarded as an element of the space of bounded measurable functions BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega). This function takes the value 11 if the outcome is in ss and 00 otherwise. It constitutes an effect because it satisfies the condition 0≤1s≤10 \le \mathbf{1}_s \le 1 within the order-unit space of bounded measurable functions.

theorem

indicatorEffect(s)=1s\text{indicatorEffect}(s) = \mathbf{1}_s in BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega)

For any measurable subset s⊆Ωs \subseteq \Omega, the indicator effect of ss, denoted as indicatorEffect(s,hs)\text{indicatorEffect}(s, h_s), is equal to the indicator function 1s\mathbf{1}_s when viewed as an element of the space of bounded measurable functions BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega).

definition

The effect-valued measure of the outcome

For a sample space Ω\Omega, the outcome measurement is the effect-valued measure that maps each measurable set A⊆ΩA \subseteq \Omega to its corresponding indicator effect 1A\mathbf{1}_A. This measure takes values in the order-unit space of bounded measurable functions BoundedMeasurable(Ω)\text{BoundedMeasurable}(\Omega), where an effect is a function ff satisfying 0≤f≤10 \le f \le 1.