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Equation 50 · Part 1 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write

Symbol Lambda

Λ\Lambda
Λ\Lambda

What this part means

elementary.

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Lambda 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

The adjoint identity behind DΛD_\Lambda is elementary; the discipline is in never letting that number answer a question its construction did not license, a discipline the remaining sections exist to enforce.

The passage around this formula

Passive relabeling is one degenerate case; the other is simpler still. Let Λ\Lambda be the identity channel, Hc\mathcal H_c = Hf\mathcal H_f , HcH_c = HfH_f : no relabeling, no discarding, the coarse description simply is the fine one. Then trivially DΛD_\Lambda = 0 . Nothing in the paragraphs above required that; it follows on inspection. But the triviality is the point, because…

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