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Equation 5 · The Bit Comes Back Before the Bearing

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∣ψ(g)⟩=e−igJ^/ℏ ∣ψ(0)⟩,g∈[0,2π).|\psi(g)\rangle = e^{-ig\hat J/\hbar}\,|\psi(0)\rangle, \qquad g \in [0,2\pi).

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Inputs and operationse^-ighat J/hbar|psi(0)rangle, qquad g in [0,2pi)
Result or condition|psi(g)rangle
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ψ\psi

Symbol psi

psi is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

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gg

Symbol g

an angle: dimensionless, periodic, and physically read as “which way the compass points” relative to the hole’s spin axis.

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e−igJ^/ℏe^{-ig\hat J/\hbar}

Symbol e^-ighat J/hbar

e−e^-ighat J/hbar is one of the signed contributions combined to compute the quantity on the left.

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π\pi

Symbol pi

pi is one of the signed contributions combined to compute the quantity on the left.

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=

The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.

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superscript

A raised number can be a power. When it is a label or bound, it selects a case or the upper limit of a sum; the formula’s structure distinguishes these uses.

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Into this old hole go two systems. The first, A , is a two-dimensional qubit prepared in an arbitrary, unknown state and coupled to nothing the hole’s own symmetries track — a spectator, chosen so that its recovery is the cleanest possible test of the Hayden-Preskill mechanism on its own terms. The second, C , is a compass: a physical carrier prepared in a state |ψ(g)\psi(g)⟩\rangle that transforms under a one-parameter group of rotations generated by a Hermitian charge J^\hat J , the same charge the hole’s own angular momentum is built from, ∣ψ(g)⟩=e−igJ^/ℏ ∣ψ(0)⟩,g∈[0,2π)|\psi(g)\rangle = e^{-ig\hat J/\hbar}\,|\psi(0)\rangle, \qquad g \in [0,2\pi). g is an angle: dimensionless, periodic, and physically read as “which way the compass points” relative to the hole’s spin axis. J^\hat J…
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Into this old hole go two systems. The first, A , is a two-dimensional qubit prepared in an arbitrary, unknown state and coupled to nothing the hole’s own symmetries track — a spectator, chosen so that its recovery is the cleanest possible test of the Hayden-Preskill mechanism on its own terms. The second, C , is a compass: a physical carrier prepared in a state |ψ(g)\psi(g)⟩\rangle that transforms under a one-parameter group of rotations generated by a Hermitian charge J^\hat J , the same charge the hole’s own angular momentum is built from, ∣ψ(g)⟩=e−igJ^/ℏ ∣ψ(0)⟩,g∈[0,2π)|\psi(g)\rangle = e^{-ig\hat J/\hbar}\,|\psi(0)\rangle, \qquad g \in [0,2\pi). g is an angle: dimensionless, periodic, and physically read as “which way the compass points” relative to the hole’s spin axis. J^\hat J carries units of action (joule-seconds), so gJ^\hat J/ℏ\hbar is dimensionless, as an exponent must be. Nothing about this setup is exotic — a large-spin coherent state pointing along a direction is a textbook carrier of exactly this kind of information [ 10 ] .

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