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Lattice-ordered observables

i. Overview

When observables form a lattice, a state is pure exactly when it gives the minimum of two observables the smaller of their expectation values, `ω (f ⊓ g) = min (ω f) (ω g)`. This condition is closed, so the pure states form a compact space, and every observable becomes a continuous function on it. The positive functionals form a lattice as well, so ensembles refine. Hence the state space is a Bauer simplex and every state is a mixture of pure states in exactly one way.

ii. Key results

- `UnitalPositiveLinearMap.isPure_iff_map_inf` proves that a state is pure exactly when it preserves minima. - `OrderUnitLattice.isClosed_setOf_isPure` proves that the pure states form a closed set. - `OrderUnitLattice.isBauerSimplexStateSpace` proves that the state space is a Bauer simplex. - `OrderUnitLattice.hasUniquePureDecomposition` proves that every state is a mixture of pure states in exactly one way.

iii. Table of contents

  • A. The band component
  • B. Pure states preserve infima
  • C. States preserving infima are pure
  • D. Pure states of order-unit lattices
  • E. Observables as continuous functions
  • F. Unique decomposition
  • G. Classical systems are Bauer simplices
  • H. Finite classical systems are Bauer simplices

iv. References

  • E. M. Alfsen, *Compact Convex Sets and Boundary Integrals*, Springer, 1971, ch. II.

A. The band component

B. Pure states preserve infima

C. States preserving infima are pure

D. Pure states of order-unit lattices

E. Observables as continuous functions

F. Unique decomposition

G. Classical systems are Bauer simplices

H. Finite classical systems are Bauer simplices

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definition

Band component sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au) of a unital positive linear map

For a unital positive linear map ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} and a fixed element u∈Eu \in E, the band component maps an element h∈Eh \in E to the supremum sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au), where ∧\wedge denotes the lattice infimum. This value represents the part of the functional ω\omega that is "carried" by the element uu.

theorem

The set {ω(h⊓au)∣a≥0}\{\omega(h \sqcap au) \mid a \ge 0\} is bounded above.

Let EE be an order-unit lattice with order unit uu, and let ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any element h∈Eh \in E, the set of expectation values {ω(h⊓au):a∈R≥0}\{ \omega(h \sqcap au) : a \in \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0} \} is bounded above, where ⊓\sqcap denotes the infimum in the lattice.

theorem

ω(h⊓au)≤band(ω,u,h)\omega(h \sqcap au) \leq \text{band}(\omega, u, h)

Let EE be an order-unit lattice with order unit uu, and let ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any element h∈Eh \in E and any non-negative real number a≥0a \ge 0, the expectation value of the lattice infimum ω(h⊓au)\omega(h \sqcap au) is less than or equal to the band component band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, h).

theorem

The band component band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, h) is at most rr if all ω(h⊓au)\omega(h \sqcap au) are at most rr

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any element h∈Eh \in E and any real number rr, if the expectation value ω(h⊓au)\omega(h \sqcap au) is less than or equal to rr for all non-negative reals a≥0a \geq 0, then the band component band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, h) is also less than or equal to rr.

theorem

The band component of a non-negative element is non-negative

Let EE be an order-unit lattice with order unit uu, and let ω:E→R\omega : E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any non-negative element h∈Eh \in E (such that h≥0h \ge 0), its band component sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au) is non-negative.

theorem

Additivity of the band component band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, h) for non-negative hh

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. Given a non-negative element u∈Eu \in E (u≥0u \ge 0), for any non-negative elements h1,h2∈Eh_1, h_2 \in E, the band component band(ω,u,⋅)\text{band}(\omega, u, \cdot) is additive: band(ω,u,h1+h2)=band(ω,u,h1)+band(ω,u,h2)\text{band}(\omega, u, h_1 + h_2) = \text{band}(\omega, u, h_1) + \text{band}(\omega, u, h_2) where the band component is defined as band(ω,u,h)=sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\text{band}(\omega, u, h) = \sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au), and ∧\wedge denotes the lattice infimum.

theorem

ω(c⋅h⊓(ca)⋅u)=c⋅ω(h⊓a⋅u)\omega(c \cdot h \sqcap (ca) \cdot u) = c \cdot \omega(h \sqcap a \cdot u) for c≥0c \ge 0

Let EE be an order-unit lattice with order unit uu, and let ω:E→R\omega : E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any non-negative real number c≥0c \ge 0, any h∈Eh \in E, and any a∈Ra \in \mathbb{R}, the following equality holds: ω(c⋅h⊓(ca)⋅u)=c⋅ω(h⊓a⋅u)\omega(c \cdot h \sqcap (ca) \cdot u) = c \cdot \omega(h \sqcap a \cdot u) where ⊓\sqcap denotes the infimum (meet) operator in the lattice EE.

theorem

Positive homogeneity of the band component: band(ω,u,c⋅h)=c⋅band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, c \cdot h) = c \cdot \text{band}(\omega, u, h) for c>0c > 0

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For a fixed element u∈Eu \in E, the band component of an element h∈Eh \in E is defined as band(ω,u,h)=sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\text{band}(\omega, u, h) = \sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au), where ∧\wedge denotes the lattice infimum. For any element h∈Eh \in E and any strictly positive real number c>0c > 0, the band component satisfies the following homogeneity property: band(ω,u,c⋅h)=c⋅band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, c \cdot h) = c \cdot \text{band}(\omega, u, h)

definition

Positive linear map of the band component band(ω,u,⋅)\text{band}(\omega, u, \cdot)

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. Given a non-negative element u∈Eu \in E (u≥0u \ge 0), the band map is a positive linear map from EE to R\mathbb{R} representing the part of the functional ω\omega that is "carried" by uu. For any non-negative element h∈Eh \in E, the value of the map is defined by the supremum: sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au) where ∧\wedge denotes the lattice infimum (meet) operator.

theorem

The value of the band map on non-negative elements is the band component: bandMap(ω,u)(h)=band(ω,u,h)\text{bandMap}(\omega, u)(h) = \text{band}(\omega, u, h) for h≥0h \ge 0

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any non-negative elements u∈Eu \in E and h∈Eh \in E (i.e., u≥0u \ge 0 and h≥0h \ge 0), the value of the positive linear map bandMap(ω,u)\text{bandMap}(\omega, u) at hh is equal to the band component band(ω,u,h)\text{band}(\omega, u, h), defined as: bandMap(ω,u)(h)=band(ω,u,h)=sup⁡a≥0ω(h∧au)\text{bandMap}(\omega, u)(h) = \text{band}(\omega, u, h) = \sup_{a \ge 0} \omega(h \wedge au) where ∧\wedge denotes the lattice infimum.

theorem

The band map of a functional is bounded by the functional itself: band(ω,u)≤ω\text{band}(\omega, u) \le \omega

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and let ω:E→R\omega : E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any non-negative observable u∈Eu \in E (u≥0u \ge 0), the band map band(ω,u,⋅)\text{band}(\omega, u, \cdot) is less than or equal to the original functional ω\omega. That is, for any h∈Eh \in E with h≥0h \ge 0, the value of the band map satisfies band(ω,u,h)≤ω(h)\text{band}(\omega, u, h) \le \omega(h).

theorem

band(ω,u,u)=ω(u)\text{band}(\omega, u, u) = \omega(u)

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any non-negative element u∈Eu \in E (u≥0u \ge 0), let band(ω,u,⋅)\text{band}(\omega, u, \cdot) be the band map associated with uu. Then the value of this band map at uu is equal to the value of the original map at uu: band(ω,u,u)=ω(u)\text{band}(\omega, u, u) = \omega(u)

theorem

The Band Map Vanishes on Disjoint Elements

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a unital positive linear map. For any non-negative elements u,g∈Eu, g \in E such that uu and gg are disjoint (i.e., their lattice infimum satisfies g∧u=0g \wedge u = 0), the band map of ω\omega associated with uu vanishes on gg: band(ω,u,g)=0\text{band}(\omega, u, g) = 0

theorem

Pure States Vanish on Disjoint Positive Elements

Let EE be a vector lattice and ω\omega be a pure state on EE. For any two positive elements g,u∈Eg, u \in E such that they are disjoint (i.e., g∧u=0g \wedge u = 0), then either ω(g)=0\omega(g) = 0 or ω(u)=0\omega(u) = 0.

theorem

Pure States Preserve Infima: ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g))

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω\omega be a pure state in the state space S(E)\mathcal{S}(E). For any two observables f,g∈Ef, g \in E, the state ω\omega preserves the infimum, such that the expectation value of the infimum of ff and gg is the minimum of their individual expectation values: ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g))

theorem

Infimum-preserving states satisfy ω(∣f−ω(f)⋅1∣)=0\omega(|f - \omega(f) \cdot \mathbf{1}|) = 0

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω\omega be a state (a unital positive linear map) on EE. If ω\omega preserves infima, such that ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g)) for all observables f,g∈Ef, g \in E, then for any observable f∈Ef \in E, the expectation of the absolute deviation of ff from its expectation value ω(f)\omega(f) is zero: ω(∣f−ω(f)⋅1∣)=0,\omega(|f - \omega(f) \cdot \mathbf{1}|) = 0, where 1\mathbf{1} denotes the order unit of EE and ∣⋅∣| \cdot | denotes the lattice modulus.

theorem

ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ωf,ωg)  ⟹  ω\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega f, \omega g) \implies \omega is pure

Let EE be a space of lattice-ordered observables and ω:E→R\omega: E \to \mathbb{R} be a state, represented as a unital positive linear map. If ω\omega preserves infima such that ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g)) for all f,g∈Ef, g \in E, then ω\omega is a pure state.

theorem

State ω\omega is Pure   ⟺  \iff ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g))

Let EE be an order-unit lattice and ω∈S(E)\omega \in \mathcal{S}(E) be a state (a unital positive linear map from EE to R\mathbb{R}). The state ω\omega is pure if and only if it preserves infima, meaning that for all observables f,g∈Ef, g \in E, the condition ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g)) holds.

theorem

The set of pure states of an order-unit lattice is weak-star closed

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice. The state space S(E)\mathcal{S}(E) is the set of normalized positive continuous linear functionals in the weak-star dual space E∗E^*. The subset of pure states {ω∈S(E)∣ω is pure}\{\omega \in \mathcal{S}(E) \mid \omega \text{ is pure}\} is a closed set in the weak-star topology.

instance

The space of pure states of an order-unit lattice is compact

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice. The space of pure states of EE, denoted as PureState(E)\text{PureState}(E) and equipped with the weak-* topology, is a compact topological space. Here, a pure state is an extreme point of the state space, which consists of all normalized positive continuous linear functionals on EE.

theorem

Pure states preserve infima: ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g))

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice. For any two observables f,g∈Ef, g \in E, the evaluation of their infimum f⊓gf \sqcap g on the space of pure states is equal to the pointwise infimum of their individual evaluations. That is, for every pure state ω\omega, the expectation value of the infimum is the minimum of the expectation values of ff and gg: ω(f⊓g)=min⁡(ω(f),ω(g)).\omega(f \sqcap g) = \min(\omega(f), \omega(g)).

theorem

Pure States Preserve Supremum of Observables

In an Archimedean order-unit lattice EE, for any observables f,g∈Ef, g \in E, the evaluation of their supremum f⊔gf \sqcup g on the space of pure states is equal to the pointwise supremum of their individual evaluations. That is, for any pure state ω\omega, ω(f⊔g)=max⁡(ω(f),ω(g))\omega(f \sqcup g) = \max(\omega(f), \omega(g)).

theorem

Observables Strongly Separate Pure States

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice and let P(E)\mathcal{P}(E) be the set of pure states of EE. For each element f∈Ef \in E, let f^:P(E)→R\hat{f} : \mathcal{P}(E) \to \mathbb{R} be the evaluation function defined by f^(ω)=ω(f)\hat{f}(\omega) = \omega(f). The set of functions {f^∣f∈E}\{\hat{f} \mid f \in E\} strongly separates the points of P(E)\mathcal{P}(E). That is, for any two distinct pure states ω1,ω2∈P(E)\omega_1, \omega_2 \in \mathcal{P}(E), there exists an element f∈Ef \in E such that ω1(f)≠ω2(f)\omega_1(f) \neq \omega_2(f), and for every pure state ω∈P(E)\omega \in \mathcal{P}(E), there exists an element f∈Ef \in E such that ω(f)≠0\omega(f) \neq 0.

theorem

Density of Observables in Continuous Functions on Pure States

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice. Let P(E)P(E) denote the set of pure states of EE (the extreme points of the state space). For every element f∈Ef \in E, define the evaluation function f^:P(E)→R\hat{f}: P(E) \to \mathbb{R} by f^(ω)=ω(f)\hat{f}(\omega) = \omega(f) for all ω∈P(E)\omega \in P(E). The set of all such functions {f^∣f∈E}\{\hat{f} \mid f \in E\} is dense in the space of continuous real-valued functions C(P(E),R)C(P(E), \mathbb{R}) with respect to the supremum norm.

theorem

The State Space of an Archimedean Order-Unit Lattice is a Bauer Simplex

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice. The state space S(E)\mathcal{S}(E) is a Bauer simplex. This means that: 1. S(E)\mathcal{S}(E) is a simplex, where every state ω∈S(E)\omega \in \mathcal{S}(E) is uniquely represented by a regular probability measure on the set of pure states. 2. The set of pure states {ω∈S(E)∣ω is pure}\{\omega \in \mathcal{S}(E) \mid \omega \text{ is pure}\} is a closed set in the weak-* topology.

theorem

Unique Pure Decomposition of States in Order-Unit Lattices

Let EE be an Archimedean order-unit lattice. For every state ϕ\phi of EE (that is, a unital positive linear map ϕ:E→R\phi: E \to \mathbb{R}), there exists a unique regular probability measure μ\mu supported on the set of pure states P(E)P(E) (the extreme points of the state space) that represents ϕ\phi. This means that for every observable f∈Ef \in E, the expectation value ϕ(f)\phi(f) is given by the integral: ϕ(f)=∫P(E)ω(f) dμ(ω)\phi(f) = \int_{P(E)} \omega(f) \, d\mu(\omega)

theorem

The State Space of Bounded Measurable Functions is a Bauer Simplex

Let Ω\Omega be a measurable space and let B(Ω)B(\Omega) be the space of bounded measurable real-valued functions on Ω\Omega. The state space S(B(Ω))\mathcal{S}(B(\Omega)), consisting of all unital positive linear functionals on B(Ω)B(\Omega), is a Bauer simplex. This implies that: 1. The set of pure states (the extreme points of the state space) is closed in the weak-* topology. 2. Every state ω∈S(B(Ω))\omega \in \mathcal{S}(B(\Omega)) is uniquely represented by a regular probability measure supported on the set of pure states.

theorem

Unique Pure Decomposition of States for Bounded Measurable Observables

Let Ω\Omega be a measurable space and let B(Ω)B(\Omega) be the space of bounded measurable functions on Ω\Omega. For any state ϕ∈S(R,B(Ω))\phi \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}, B(\Omega)), there exists a unique regular probability measure μ\mu supported on the set of pure states of B(Ω)B(\Omega) that represents ϕ\phi. This means that for every observable f∈B(Ω)f \in B(\Omega), the expectation value is given by the integral ϕ(f)=∫ψ(f) dμ(ψ)\phi(f) = \int \psi(f) \, d\mu(\psi), where the integral is taken over the pure states ψ\psi.

instance

Order-unit lattice structure for a finite classical system ι→R\iota \to \mathbb{R}

The space of observables in a finite classical system over an index set ι\iota, represented by the function space ι→R\iota \to \mathbb{R}, is equipped with the structure of an Archimedean order-unit lattice. This structure integrates the properties of an Archimedean order-unit space with the pointwise lattice operations, where for any two observables f,g:ι→Rf, g: \iota \to \mathbb{R}, their infimum f∧gf \wedge g and supremum f∨gf \vee g are defined by (f∧g)(i)=min⁡(f(i),g(i))(f \wedge g)(i) = \min(f(i), g(i)) and (f∨g)(i)=max⁡(f(i),g(i))(f \vee g)(i) = \max(f(i), g(i)) for all i∈ιi \in \iota.

theorem

The State Space of a Finite Classical System is a Bauer Simplex

For a finite classical system with observables represented by the function space Rι\mathbb{R}^\iota over a finite index set ι\iota, the state space S(Rι)\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^\iota) is a Bauer simplex. This implies that the set of pure states is closed in the weak-* topology and every state ω∈S(Rι)\omega \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^\iota) is uniquely represented by a regular probability measure supported on the set of pure states.