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Equation 26 · Part 1 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write

Symbol H_c

HcH_c
HcH_c

What this part means

wrong, does not touch the total energy of any closed system, and does not by itself explain where a nonzero reading comes from.

Its job in the formula

HcH_c is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

Where the article explains it

It does not propose that HfH_f or HcH_c is wrong, does not touch the total energy of any closed system, and does not by itself explain where a nonzero reading comes from; it only names, precisely and checkably, how large the disagreement is between two fully specified descriptions.

The passage around this formula

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 matrix are the same operator — the strongest statement…

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