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ΔEΛ(ρ):=Tr[ρDΛ]\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) := \mathrm{Tr}[\rho D_\Lambda]

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DΛD_\Lambda is Hermitian on Hf\mathcal H_f — a positive, unital map applied to a self-adjoint input stays self-adjoint — and it carries units of energy, since both terms do. Its state-dependent reading, ΔEΛ(ρ):=Tr[ρDΛ]\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) := \mathrm{Tr}[\rho D_\Lambda]. is a real number in units of energy for every fine state ρ\rho : how much the coarse description, evaluated through HcH_c pulled back along Λ\Lambda , disagrees with the fine description’s own HfH_f , for that specific state. Because expectation values determine a Hermitian operator uniquely — two Hermitian operators with the same trace against every density matrix are the same operator — the strongest statement follows at once: Δ\Delta EΛ(ρ)E_\Lambda(\rho) = 0 for every fine state ρ\rho…

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ΔEΛ\Delta E_\Lambda

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ΔEΛ(ρ):=Tr[ρDΛ],\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) := \mathrm{Tr}[\rho D_\Lambda],

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DΛD_\Lambda is Hermitian on Hf\mathcal H_f — a positive, unital map applied to a self-adjoint input stays self-adjoint — and it carries units of energy, since both terms do. Its state-dependent reading, ΔEΛ(ρ):=Tr[ρDΛ]\Delta E_\Lambda(\rho) := \mathrm{Tr}[\rho D_\Lambda]. is a real number in units of energy for every fine state ρ\rho : how much the coarse description, evaluated through HcH_c pulled back along Λ\Lambda , disagrees with the fine description’s own HfH_f , for that specific state. Because expectation values determine a Hermitian operator uniquely — two Hermitian operators with the same trace against every density matrix are the same operator — the strongest statement follows at once: Δ\Delta EΛ(ρ)E_\Lambda(\rho) = 0 for every fine state ρ\rho…

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