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Equation 14 · Part 2 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write

Symbol ρ

Tr[Λ(ρ) Oc]=Tr[ρ Λ†(Oc)].\mathrm{Tr}\big[\Lambda(\rho)\,O_c\big] = \mathrm{Tr}\big[\rho\,\Lambda^\dagger(O_c)\big].
ρ\rho

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ρ is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.

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ρ is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.

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…B(Hf\mathcal H_f) by the pairing that must hold for every fine state and every coarse observable OcO_c , Tr[Λ(ρ) Oc]=Tr[ρ Λ†(Oc)]\mathrm{Tr}\big[\Lambda(\rho)\,O_c\big] = \mathrm{Tr}\big[\rho\,\Lambda^\dagger(O_c)\big]. Λ†\Lambda^\dagger is positive because Λ\Lambda is completely positive and every Λ(ρ)\Lambda(\rho) with ρ\rho ≥\ge 0 is itself a valid state; it is unital, Λ†(Ic)\Lambda^\dagger(I_c) = IfI_f , because Λ\Lambda preserves trace for every input. This duality is the same construction Stinespring used to show that any completely positive map admits a dilation to a larger, unitary description [ 9 ] , and it lets a…

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