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Component amplitudes, coherent and incoherent bin laws, and recorded detector weights
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()), the choice hypothesis of the cited Hilbert-space and measure suppliers. Let be a -finite measure space (Measures on sigma-algebras), let be an integer, and let the quotient by equality -almost everywhere (The space as the quotient by null functions, Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions), with linear in the first argument ( with the integral pairing is a Hilbert space). For and measurable write Then:
(a) Pointwise and integrated cross term. For -almost every , and for every measurable , the three functions , , being -integrable on ,
(b) Coherent bin law. If , then defines a probability measure on (Probability measures and probability spaces), and for every the expansion of (a) holds with in the denominator.
(c) Incoherent bin law. If , and , then defines a probability measure on .
(d) Recorded weights, sub-probability and conditioning. Let be a probability measure on and let be measurable. Then is a finite measure on with ; if , then defines a probability measure on . More generally, for finitely many measurable weights with pointwise, the numbers satisfy and ; if pointwise, then .
(e) Coincidence criterion. Let , and , and put , so that with weight is . Then for every if and only if In particular, if for almost every , then the two laws coincide; and if , then they coincide if and only if for almost every .
The assertions concern the specified classes and weights only; no probability law of an apparatus, no sample of trials and no empirical claim is asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice; a -finite measure space ; an integer ; classes ; a probability measure on ; measurable weights ; reals .
Componentwise and its pairing. For with components in the scalar space of The space as the quotient by null functions and Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions, the integral is finite and defines an inner product, linear in the first argument, with ; for every measurable the partial pairing satisfies ( with the integral pairing is a Hilbert space, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for , Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for linearly dependent vectors). Two choices of representatives of change and only on a -null set, so the pointwise assertions are well posed almost everywhere.
Indefinite integrals are measures. For nonnegative measurable the set function is a measure on (The indefinite integral of a nonnegative measurable function is a measure); for the real and imaginary parts of are countably additive by monotone convergence (Monotone convergence for the integral).
Monotonicity of the integral. If are measurable, then (Monotonicity and nonnegative homogeneity of the nonnegative integral).
Probability measures and normalization. A probability measure is a measure on with total mass (Probability measures and probability spaces, Measures on sigma-algebras). A finite measure with is normalized to a probability measure by , because countable additivity divided by the constant stays countably additive and .
Proof
Given: The data of the statement and [F1]-[F4].
[Pointwise identity] Fix representatives of . For every the identity holds by the expansion of the finite-dimensional inner product; by [F1] the three real functions , and are measurable, and the last is integrable because with ; representatives differing on null sets change the identity only on a null set. This proves the pointwise assertion of (a).
[Incoherent law] Assume . By [F2] each of and is a finite measure with positive total masses and ; by [F4] each normalized set function is a probability measure, and a convex combination with of two probability measures is again a probability measure, because countable additivity is preserved and . This is (c).
[Recorded weights] Applying [F3] with and gives and for every because ; countable additivity of follows from [F2] applied to the measure . If , [F4] makes a probability measure. For the finite family, and by finite additivity and [F3]; if pointwise, the middle integral equals . This is (d).
[Integrated identity] Let . Integrating the identity of step 1.1 over is legitimate because all three terms are integrable on by step 1.1 and [F1]; the integral of the left side is and the integral of the right side is , which is the displayed identity of (a).
[Coherent law] Assume . The set function is a finite measure with total mass by [F2], and ; dividing by this constant gives a finite measure of total mass one, hence a probability measure by [F4], whose value at is with denominator by step 2.1 applied to . This is (b).
[Coincidence criterion] Assume the hypotheses of (e), including . By steps 2.1 and 1.2 with , and with ; since and , the equality is equivalent to for the finite measure . The signed measure vanishes on every if and only if its density vanishes -almost everywhere by [F2], since a nonzero integrable density has a level set of strictly positive or strictly negative integral. This is the displayed criterion; if a.e., then and for every , so the laws coincide, and if the criterion reduces to a.e. This proves (e), and steps 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1 prove the remaining clauses.
Remarks
- Convention. The pairing is linear in the first argument, as fixed by the cited items, so the cross term of a sum is and not ; the two agree because the real part is symmetric.
- What is not asserted. The lemma is an identity and inequality package for classes and weights; it produces no detector law, no state update, no sample of trials and no measured frequency. The coincidence criterion concerns the two declared laws, not the question of which preparation a laboratory realizes.
Depends on
The space as the quotient by null functions
Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for linearly dependent vectors
with the integral pairing is a Hilbert space
Monotone convergence for the integral
The indefinite integral of a nonnegative measurable function is a measure
Monotonicity and nonnegative homogeneity of the nonnegative integral
Measures on sigma-algebras
Probability measures and probability spaces
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- J. Binney and D. Skinner, The Physics of Quantum Mechanics, Section 1.2 printed pages 5-6 and Section 1.4 printed page 15 (PDF page 23): composite amplitudes, the superposition of two paths and the cross term of the interference law
- G. Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 1st edition 2009, Section 2.1 printed pages 55-58 (PDF pages 67-70): the L2 space and its pairing; Section 3.1 printed pages 87-98 (PDF pages 99-110): the spectral theorem and scalar measures from projection-valued measures; PDF page = printed page + 12