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Equation 10 · Part 9 · How Fast Can a Horizon Learn Which Path You Took?

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pe(T)=1−D(T)2=1−1−V(T)22.p_{\rm e}(T)=\frac{1-D(T)}{2} =\frac{1-\sqrt{1-V(T)^2}}{2}.
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What this part means

A raised number can be a power. When it is a label or bound, it selects a case or the upper limit of a sum; the formula’s structure distinguishes these uses.

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A raised mark can be a power or an index. Its position and the surrounding notation determine which.

The passage around this formula

Helstrom’s binary decision theory supplies the minimum average probability of guessing the wrong path: pe(T)=1−D(T)2=1−1−V(T)22p_{\rm e}(T)=\frac{1-D(T)}{2} =\frac{1-\sqrt{1-V(T)^2}}{2}. For the balanced pure-state problem, the minimum-error measurement induces a symmetric binary channel. Its recovered decision information is

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