Equation 62 · Part 2 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write
Symbol ρ
What this part means
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.
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The passage around this formula
an exact operator identity, not an approximation valid in some limit: the ledger for a system-only description of a system-plus-bath is precisely the bath’s own energy plus the coupling energy between the two, nothing more and nothing less. = [] for any joint state .
Learn the underlying idea
A function assigns an output to each allowed input. The expression f(x) means “apply f to x”.
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