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Grand-response derivatives are covariances
Statement
Let be a measure space, let and () be measurable, and let be open. For , define . Set and assume on . Suppose for every compact there is an integrable such that pointwise for all . For the normalized density , define when integrable and . Then and . Thus the Hessian of is positive semidefinite. This is a mathematical model identity; it assumes no independence or absence of correlations.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: As stated in the item.
is a measure space; is finite-valued nonnegative measurable and each is real-valued measurable; is open, is positive finite, and the displayed compact-parameter envelope is integrable.
Measure space and integral: measurable integrals and densities use the fixed reference measure .
Dominated convergence for the measure integral: a measurable pointwise-limit representative of measurable functions dominated by an integrable envelope is integrable, and the limit passes through the integral. On a noncomplete measure space the named representative must be measurable; the canonical measurable representative always exists. The limits used below are measurable by [F7].
The real exponential function and the number by a power series and The exponential function is smooth and : exponential weights are differentiable, with derivative equal to the exponential.
The mean value theorem, as the case of Cauchy's: for continuous on with and differentiable on there is with : scalar difference quotients of the exponential are bounded by intermediate derivatives.
The chain rule, in one line from Carathéodory: if is differentiable at and is differentiable at , then is differentiable at with and Sums, scalar multiples, products and quotients: , , , and when : the parameterized exponential and quotient have the usual derivative rules.
Arithmetic and lattice operations preserve measurability whenever they are defined and Composition with a Borel measurable outer map preserves measurability: finite sums/products and composition with continuous scalar functions are measurable.
Proof
Given: The parameterized measure model and its compact-parameter integrable envelopes.
For each fixed parameter, measurable energy/observable coordinates and [F7] make every finite linear combination, exponential weight, weighted first/second moment and parameter difference quotient measurable; their displayed pointwise derivative limits are the same measurable compositions. For a coordinate direction , the difference quotient of tends pointwise to . On a compact neighborhood of , the mean-value theorem [F5] bounds its absolute value by for an intermediate parameter , at most . Dominated convergence [F2] therefore gives . Applying the same argument to the first-moment numerator gives ; the same envelope controls this quotient because .
Divide the first derivative by and use [F4] to obtain . The quotient rule for the normalized first moment gives , the covariance.
For any , . This proves positive semidefiniteness without any independence assumption.
Depends on
Arithmetic and lattice operations preserve measurability whenever they are defined
Composition with a Borel measurable outer map preserves measurability
The mean value theorem, as the case of Cauchy's: for continuous on with and differentiable on there is with
The natural logarithm as the inverse of the exponential function
The real exponential function and the number by a power series
Measure space and integral
Sums, scalar multiples, products and quotients: , , , and when
The chain rule, in one line from Carathéodory: if is differentiable at and is differentiable at , then is differentiable at with
The exponential function is smooth and
The natural logarithm has derivative 1/x and equals the integral from 1 to x of 1/t
Dominated convergence for the measure integral
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Sources
- David Tong, Statistical Physics, author-hosted complete HTML chapter text
- Daniel Arovas, Lecture Notes on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (work in progress, dated 12 October 2026)
- Terence Tao, 245A Notes 3: Integration on Abstract Measure Spaces and the Convergence Theorems, full author-hosted lecture text
- MIT OpenCourseWare 18.102 Spring 2021, complete lecture notes (Lecture 12 on Lebesgue Integration and Dominated Convergence)