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Equation 42 · Part 1 · How Fast Can a Horizon Learn Which Path You Took?

Symbol D_rm irr

Dirr(tc)=inf⁡u∈A(tc)12∥ρ0,Hu−ρ1,Hu∥1.D_{\rm irr}(t_c)= \inf_{u\in\mathcal A(t_c)} \frac12\left\|\rho^{u}_{0,H}-\rho^{u}_{1,H}\right\|_1.
DirrD_{\rm irr}

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monotone.

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DrD_rm irr is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

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The program will not assume Dirr(tc)D_{\rm irr}(t_c) is monotone.

The passage around this formula

Define A(tc)\mathcal A(t_c) as a preregistered set of physically admissible future protocols after the cutoff. It must specify which controls Alice retains, their duration, energy, acceleration, localization, and boundary conditions. For each u∈\inA(tc)\mathcal A(t_c) , let ρ0,Hu\rho^{u}_{0,H} and ρ1,Hu\rho^{u}_{1,H} be the completed conditional states on the declared horizon algebra. Then define an irreducible distinguishability envelope Dirr(tc)=inf⁡u∈A(tc)12∥ρ0,Hu−ρ1,Hu∥1D_{\rm irr}(t_c)= \inf_{u\in\mathcal A(t_c)} \frac12\left\|\rho^{u}_{0,H}-\rho^{u}_{1,H}\right\|_1. The infimum asks how little path distinguishability remains after the best allowed attempt to erase it. For equal priors, an associated unavoidable decision information is

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