Bridge, part 5: consistency defects of complete measurements #
Generic facts about MIPStarRE's bipartite consistency defect
qBipartiteConsDefect ψ A B = max 0 (⟨A_tot ⊗ B_tot⟩ − ∑ₐ ⟨A_a ⊗ B_a⟩) when the
measurements A, B are complete (total = 1) and the state is normalized:
- the defect is
1 − ∑ₐ ⟨A_a ⊗ B_a⟩, and equals the off-diagonal mass∑_{a ≠ b} ⟨A_a ⊗ B_b⟩(qBipartiteConsDefect_eq_offDiagonal); - for coarse-grainings
postprocess A f,postprocess B g, the matching mass is∑_{a, b : f a = g b} ⟨A_a ⊗ B_b⟩(qBipartiteMatchMass_postprocess), so the defect is bounded by1 − accwheneveraccis a sum of some of the terms⟨A_a ⊗ B_b⟩withf a = g b(qBipartiteConsDefect_postprocess_le).
These are the two facts through which the game's acceptance probability
(Bridge.Value) and our inconsistency (Bridge.Consistency) are compared with the
MIPStarRE quantities.
Expectation values of tensor products of measurement operators are nonnegative.
The total mass of two complete measurements on a normalized state is one.
The matching mass of two coarse-grained measurements.
The matching mass of two complete measurements is at most one.
For complete measurements on a normalized state the defect is 1 − matching mass.
For complete measurements on a normalized state the defect is the off-diagonal mass.
The defect of two coarse-grainings of complete measurements is at most 1 − acc for
any acceptance mass acc made of terms that force equal coarse-grained outcomes.
Averages over uniform distributions #
The consistency error under the uniform distribution is the average of the defects.