Equation 50 · Part 1 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write
Symbol Lambda
What this part means
elementary.
Its job in the formula
Lambda is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
The adjoint identity behind 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 be the identity channel, = , = : no relabeling, no discarding, the coarse description simply is the fine one. Then trivially = 0 . Nothing in the paragraphs above required that; it follows on inspection. But the triviality is the point, because…
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