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Consistent finite classical laws define a quasilocal C-star state
Statement
Let and, for every , let satisfy Assume consistency under deleting the last coordinate in the explicit sense that, for every and , For a local matrix , , define For each , if and is the diagonal matrix with entries , then . This rule extends uniquely from the local algebra to a state on its norm completion of Quasilocal completion of finite matrix registers. The theorem constructs a classical diagonal state; it does not say that every state on is diagonal or classical.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Consistent probability laws and the local embeddings in Quasilocal completion of finite matrix registers.
Quasilocal completion of finite matrix registers: each local matrix has a well-defined operator norm, the embeddings preserve it, and is dense in its C*-completion.
States and positive functionals on a C star algebra: a state is a positive bounded linear functional of norm one.
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs: the inner-product pairing obeys .
Proof
Under the inclusion , the diagonal entry at equals . Consistency of says ; substituting this identity into gives . Hence the rule is well-defined on the union of positive-length local matrix algebras. Define on . It agrees with the formula because . Each is linear, and these identities show the rule on the full union is linear and satisfies .
For a local matrix , positivity of the weights gives because by [F3], and the same marginal calculation makes the functionals consistent. Thus on . If is a norm-Cauchy sequence of local matrices, is Cauchy; define its limit to extend . The bound proves independence of approximating sequence, linearity and continuity, and density makes the extension unique.
If in norm, then by continuity of multiplication and adjoint in the C*-norm. For local , its diagonal entries obey , so . Passing to the limit shows positivity of the extension. Its norm is at most one by step 2.1 and at least one because and . Hence it is a state by [F2].