PhyslibAlpha.ProbabilisticTheory.Classical.Compatibility
Classical theories are those without incompatibility
i. Overview
In classical probability every two yes/no questions can be asked at once. In quantum theory they cannot: spin along `x` and spin along `z` have no joint measurement. Compatibility of all pairs of yes/no measurements characterizes classical theories: it holds exactly when the positive functionals form a lattice, that is, when the state space is a Choquet simplex.
When observables have the Riesz decomposition, every two yes/no measurements have a joint measurement. Conversely, compatibility in `E` passes to the bidual of `E`, where increasing families have suprema. There, a maximal decomposition turns compatibility into Riesz decomposition, and the least upper bound of two positive functionals on the bidual restricts to one on `E`. For the other direction, a lattice of positive functionals yields interpolants between observables; when the observables are complete, these give joint effects exactly.
ii. Key results
- `HasRieszDecomposition.exists_isBinaryJointEffect` : Riesz decomposition makes every two yes/no measurements compatible. - `Bidual.exists_effect_near` : effects of `E` approximate effects of the bidual on finitely many positive functionals. - `Bidual.exists_isBinaryJointEffect` : compatibility passes from `E` to its bidual. - `Bidual.hasRieszDecomposition` : compatibility in the bidual gives Riesz decomposition there. - `isClassical_of_jointlyMeasurable` : if every two yes/no measurements are compatible, the positive functionals form a lattice. - `isClassical_iff_jointlyMeasurable` : **Kuramochi's theorem**: on a complete Archimedean order-unit space, the positive functionals form a lattice exactly when every two yes/no measurements are compatible.
iii. Table of contents
- A. Riesz decomposition gives compatibility
- B. Approximating effects of the bidual
- C. Compatibility in the bidual
- D. Riesz decomposition in the bidual
- E. Compatibility makes the dual cone a lattice
- F. The characterization
iv. References
- Y. Kuramochi, *Compatibility of any pair of 2-outcome measurements characterizes the Choquet simplex*, Positivity 24 (2020), 1479–1486. <https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.00563> - M. Plávala, *All measurements in a probabilistic theory are compatible if and only if the state space is a simplex*, Phys. Rev. A 94 (2016), 042108.
A. Riesz decomposition gives compatibility
B. Approximating effects of the bidual
C. Compatibility in the bidual
D. Riesz decomposition in the bidual
E. Compatibility makes the dual cone a lattice
F. The characterization
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Riesz Decomposition Implies Existence of Binary Joint Effects
Let be an ordered additive commutative group with a unit element . If satisfies the Riesz decomposition property, then for any two effects (where an effect is an element such that ), there exists an element that is a binary joint effect of and .
Riesz Decomposition Implies Joint Measurability of Binary Measurements
Let be an ordered space that satisfies the Riesz decomposition property. For any two effects and in (that is, elements such that and ), the binary measurements (also known as "yes/no" measurements) associated with and are jointly measurable.
Nonnegative elements of the bidual are monotone on positive functionals
Let be an order-unit space. Let be a nonnegative element of the bidual of (i.e., ). For any two positive functionals and on , if , then .
An upper bound of on effects of extends to effects of the bidual
Let be an order-unit space, and let and be positive linear functionals on . Suppose that for every effect in (i.e., any element satisfying ), the difference is at most for some real number . Then, for any effect in the bidual space (i.e., any satisfying ), the difference between the values of applied to and is also at most :
Linear combinations of positive functionals as a difference in and its bidual
Let be an ordered vector space and denote the set of positive linear functionals on . Given a finite collection of positive linear functionals and real weights , there exist two positive linear functionals such that for all : and for every element in the bidual space , the action of on these functionals satisfies:
Set of values of effects on a finite set of positive functionals
Given a finite set of positive linear functionals on an ordered vector space , the set of effect values is the set of all functions such that there exists an element satisfying (an "effect") where for every .
Convexity of the Set of Effect Values on Finite Positive Functionals
Let be an ordered vector space and be a finite set of positive linear functionals on . The set of effect values , defined as the set of all functions such that there exists an element with satisfying for all , is a convex set.
Bidual effects lie in the closure of the effect values of
Let be an order-unit space and be its bidual space. Let be an effect, meaning . For any finite set of positive linear functionals on , the vector of values belongs to the closure of the set of values attainable by effects (where ).
Effects in can -approximate effects in the bidual space on finite sets of positive functionals.
Let be an order-unit space and be its bidual space. Let be an effect in the bidual space, such that . For any finite set of positive functionals and any , there exists an effect in the original space (where ) such that for all , the evaluation of by is within of the value of the bidual element at :
Set of -approximate joint effects for on
Let be an order-unit space and let denote the space of positive functionals . For two elements in the bidual and a pair consisting of a finite set of positive functionals and a natural number , the set of **joint candidates** is the collection of additive and positively homogeneous functions such that: 1. For all , the value is bounded as . 2. For all , satisfies the conditions for being a joint effect of and up to an error of : - - - -
The Set of Joint Candidates is Closed
Let be an order-unit space and be the space of positive functionals on . For any two elements in the bidual space and a pair consisting of a finite set of positive functionals and a natural number , the set of **joint candidates** is defined as the collection of additive and positively homogeneous functions satisfying: 1. for all . 2. For all , the following inequalities hold with : - - - - The theorem states that this set of joint candidates is closed in the topology of pointwise convergence.
Condition for the evaluation functional of an approximate joint effect in to be a joint candidate in
Let be an order-unit space with order unit , and let be the cone of positive functionals on . Given elements in the bidual , a finite set of positive functionals , and a natural number , let represent the error tolerance. Suppose there exist elements and a real number such that: 1. and . 2. For all , the values of and are close to and respectively: and . 3. , and serves as an approximate joint effect for and in the sense that , , , and . Then the evaluation functional induced by (the map ) belongs to the set of joint candidates for and associated with the pair .
Approximate compatibility in implies non-emptiness of joint candidates in
Let be an order-unit space. Suppose that for any two effects and any , there exists an effect that is a -approximate binary joint effect of and . Then, for any two effects in the bidual space and any pair consisting of a finite set of positive functionals and a natural number , the set of joint candidates for and associated with is non-empty.
`jointCandidates` is antitone with respect to the index
Let be an order-unit space and be the space of positive functionals on . For any two elements in the bidual and indices , if (which implies and ), then the set of joint candidates for is a subset of the set of joint candidates for :
Compatibility in implies the intersection of joint candidate sets in is non-empty
Suppose that in an order-unit space , every pair of effects is compatible, in the sense that for any , there exists an approximate binary joint effect . Let and be effects in the bidual space (i.e., ). Then the intersection of all sets of joint candidates over all indices (where is a finite set of positive functionals on and ) is non-empty:
A function in is a joint effect in the bidual
Let be an order-unit space and be its bidual space. Let and be effects in , such that . If is a function belonging to the intersection of all sets of joint candidates over all indices , then there exists an element which is a binary joint effect of and .
Compatibility Passes to the Bidual
Let be an order-unit space. Suppose that for every pair of effects and every , there exists an approximate binary joint effect for and . Then, for any two effects in the bidual space of , there exists an element that is a binary joint effect for and . Here, an effect is an element such that .
Gauge of
For an element in the bidual space of an order-unit space , the gauge of is the infimum of all non-negative real numbers such that is bounded above by times the order unit . That is, where is the canonical order unit in the bidual space.
The set is non-empty for any
Given an order-unit space , let be its bidual space and be the order unit in . For any element , the set of non-negative real numbers such that is non-empty. That is, there exists some with satisfying .
The gauge of an element in the bidual space is non-negative ()
For any element in the bidual space of an order-unit space , the gauge of is non-negative, i.e., .
for
Let be an order-unit space and be its bidual space. For any element and any non-negative real number , if is bounded above by times the canonical order unit (i.e., ), then the gauge of satisfies .
in the bidual space
Let be an order-unit space and be its bidual space. For any element , it holds that , where is the gauge of (the infimum of all such that ) and is the canonical order unit in the bidual space.
In the bidual space of an order-unit space , the gauge of the zero element is . The gauge of an element is defined as the infimum of all non-negative real numbers such that is bounded above by , where is the canonical order unit in the bidual space.
is an effect
Let be an order-unit space and let be its bidual space. For any element such that and its gauge is strictly positive (), the scaled element is an effect in . That is, , where is the unit element in the bidual space.
Orthogonal Bidual Elements are Spread Apart:
Let be an order-unit space and its bidual space. Let and be non-negative elements in that are orthogonal, meaning they have no common non-zero lower bound (i.e., for any , if and , then ). For any positive linear functional on , the following inequality holds: where is the gauge of in the bidual space. This inequality implies that the normalized elements are "spread apart," effectively satisfying .
Set of pairs such that , and
Given elements in the bidual space , the set of decompositions consists of all pairs of elements such that , , and their sum satisfies .
Chains of Decompositions in the Bidual Have Upper Bounds
Let be the bidual space of an order-unit space . For elements , let be the set of decompositions defined as the set of pairs such that , , and . If is a non-empty chain with respect to the product order, then there exists an upper bound such that for every , .
Orthogonality of the remainder and for maximal decompositions
Let be the bidual space of an ordered vector space . For elements , let be a maximal element (with respect to the product order) in the set of pairs satisfying , , and . Then, the remainder and the remaining space below (given by ) have no common positive lower bound; that is, if and , then .
Orthogonality of the remainder and for maximal decompositions in
Let be the bidual of an order-unit space . For elements , let be a maximal element (with respect to the product order) of the set of pairs such that , and . Then, for any , if and , it must be that .
Compatibility in implies Riesz decomposition
Let be an order-unit space and be its bidual space. If every pair of effects in (elements such that ) is compatible, then satisfies the Riesz decomposition property. That is, for any elements such that , there exist such that with and .
Canonical positive embedding
The canonical embedding of an order-unit space into its bidual as a positive linear map. It maps an element to the functional in that evaluates any linear functional at . This map is positive, meaning it maps the positive cone of to the positive cone of .
Riesz decomposition of the bidual implies is classical
Let be an order-unit space. If the bidual space of satisfies the Riesz decomposition property, then the system is classical. This means that the dual cone of positive linear functionals on forms a lattice under the natural ordering, such that for any two positive functionals , there exists a least upper bound .
Approximate Joint Effects imply Classicality
Let be an order-unit space. If for every pair of effects (where an effect is an element satisfying ) and for every , there exists an approximate binary joint effect for and with error , then the space is classical. Here, a space is defined as classical if its dual cone of positive linear functionals forms a lattice.
Joint Measurability of Binary Measurements Implies Classicality
Let be an Archimedean order-unit space. If for every pair of effects (elements satisfying ), their associated binary (yes/no) measurements are jointly measurable, then is classical. Classicality means that the dual cone of positive linear functionals on forms a lattice, which is equivalent to the state space of the system being a Choquet simplex.
Classicality Implies Existence of Binary Joint Effects
Let be an Archimedean order-unit space. If is classical (meaning its dual cone of positive linear functionals forms a lattice), then for any two effects (elements such that and ), there exists an element that is a binary joint effect for and .
Kuramochi's Theorem: is classical all binary measurements are jointly measurable
**Kuramochi's Theorem.** Let be a complete Archimedean order-unit space. Then is classical if and only if every pair of binary measurements is jointly measurable. Specifically, the following conditions are equivalent: 1. is **classical**, meaning the dual cone of positive linear functionals on forms a lattice (which is equivalent to the state space of being a Choquet simplex). 2. For any two effects (where an effect is an element such that ), their corresponding binary (yes/no) measurements are jointly measurable.
