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Equation 62 · Part 9 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write

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ΔEΛ(ρ)=Tr[ρ(IS⊗HB+HSB)]\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) = \mathrm{Tr}[\rho(I_S \otimes H_B + H_{SB})]
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What this part means

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.

Its job in the formula

A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.

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. Δ\Delta EΛ(ρ)E_\Lambda(\rho) = Tr\mathrm{Tr}[ρ(IS⊗HB+HSB)\rho(I_S \otimes H_B + H_{SB})] for any joint state ρ\rho .

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A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.

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