Equation 32 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write

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\Lambda^\dagger(H_c) = H_f

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Result or conditionLambda^dagger(H_c)

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\Lambda^\dagger

Symbol Lambda^dagger

the define.

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H_c

Symbol H_c

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

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H_f

Symbol H_f

$H_f$ is an input to the expression that computes 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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The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.

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is a real number in units of energy for every fine state $\rho$ : how much the coarse description, evaluated through $H_c$ pulled back along $\Lambda$ , disagrees with the fine description’s own $H_f$ , 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 follows at once: $\Delta$ $E_\Lambda(\rho)$ = 0 for every fine state $\rho$ if and only if $D_\Lambda$ = 0 as an operator identity, that is, if and only if $\Lambda^\dagger(H_c)$ = $H_f$ exactly. Energy is preserved for every possible input under that one algebraic condition, never as a statistical…

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is a real number in units of energy for every fine state $\rho$ : how much the coarse description, evaluated through $H_c$ pulled back along $\Lambda$ , disagrees with the fine description’s own $H_f$ , 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 follows at once: $\Delta$ $E_\Lambda(\rho)$ = 0 for every fine state $\rho$ if and only if $D_\Lambda$ = 0 as an operator identity, that is, if and only if $\Lambda^\dagger(H_c)$ = $H_f$ exactly. Energy is preserved for every possible input under that one algebraic condition, never as a statistical tendency and never approximately.

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[9] Positive Functions on C*-Algebras ↗

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