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Equation 24 · Part 2 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write

Symbol ρ

ΔEΛ(ρ):=Tr[ρDΛ],\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) := \mathrm{Tr}[\rho D_\Lambda],
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.

Its job in the formula

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

The passage around this formula

…map applied to a self-adjoint input stays self-adjoint — and it carries units of energy, since both terms do. Its state-dependent reading, ΔEΛ(ρ):=Tr[ρDΛ]\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) := \mathrm{Tr}[\rho D_\Lambda]. is a real number in units of energy for every fine state ρ\rho : how much the coarse description, evaluated through HcH_c pulled back along Λ\Lambda , disagrees with the fine description’s own HfH_f , for that specific state. Because expectation values determine a Hermitian operator uniquely — two Hermitian operators with the same trace against every density…

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