A POVM in M with output set ι: a finite family of positive operators
of M summing to 1 ("partition of unity" / "POVM", Section 1).
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- Orthogonalization.IsPOVM M a = ((∀ (i : ι), a i ∈ M) ∧ (∀ (i : ι), (a i).IsPositive) ∧ ∑ i : ι, a i = 1)
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A PVM in M: a family of projections of M summing to 1 ("PVM if in
addition all the t_i's are projections", Section 1; pairwise orthogonality
follows and is not part of the definition).
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- Orthogonalization.IsPVM M p = ((∀ (i : ι), p i ∈ M) ∧ (∀ (i : ι), IsStarProjection (p i)) ∧ ∑ i : ι, p i = 1)
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A normal state on the von Neumann algebra M (Section 2: "a linear map
φ : M → ℂ that is positive (φ(x*x) ≥ 0 for every x ∈ M), normalized by
φ(1) = 1 and weak-* continuous"). Weak-* continuity of a positive functional
is rendered, as in the sister project, by continuity along bounded strongly
convergent nets of elements of M (CommutingRepetition.VN.TendstoStrongBdd).
The functional is carried on all of B(H); only its values on M are
constrained (DIFFERENCES.md D1).
The underlying linear functional.
- normal' {κ : Type u} (l : Filter κ) (T : κ → H →L[ℂ] H) (L : H →L[ℂ] H) : (∀ (k : κ), T k ∈ M) → L ∈ M → CommutingRepetition.VN.TendstoStrongBdd l T L → Filter.Tendsto (fun (k : κ) => self.toLinearMap (T k)) l (nhds (self.toLinearMap L))
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- Orthogonalization.NormalState.instCoeFun = { coe := fun (φ : Orthogonalization.NormalState M) => ⇑φ.toLinearMap }
The square of the seminorm ‖a‖_φ = √φ(a*a) of Section 1 (defined there
for elements of the algebra and a normal state; a real number, .re is
lossless by positivity, DIFFERENCES.md D2).
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Theorem 1.2 (thm:orthonormalization), the main result: a POVM (a_i)
in a von Neumann algebra M with a normal state φ such that
φ(∑ a_i²) > 1 − ε is 9ε-close to a PVM (p_i) ⊂ M:
φ(∑ |a_i − p_i|²) < 9ε, where |a_i − p_i|² = (a_i − p_i)*(a_i − p_i).
Theorem 1.1 (thm:orthonormalization_Hilbert), the Hilbert-space form:
for a POVM (a_i) on H, a unit vector ξ and ε ∈ [0,1] with
∑ ‖a_i ξ‖² > 1 − ε, there is an orthogonal decomposition H = ⊕ H_i
(given by its projections p_i, H_i = range p_i) such that (1) with ξ_i
the orthogonal projection of ξ on H_i, ∑ ‖a_i ξ − ξ_i‖² < 9ε, and
(2) every b ∈ B(H) commuting with each a_i preserves each H_i.
Proof-side helpers for Remark 1.3 #
The converse bound of Remark 1.3 is the triangle inequality for the seminorm
‖(b_i)‖_φ = √(∑ φ(b_i* b_i)) of tuples, for a functional positive on M only:
p_i = a_i + (p_i − a_i) gives 1 = ∑ φ(p_i* p_i) ≤ (√φ(∑ a_i²) + √φ(∑ |a_i − p_i|²))².
The helpers below (Cauchy–Schwarz in discriminant form and the squared triangle
inequality) are proof-side only; they encode no statement of the paper.
Scalar multiples of elements of M lie in M.
Cauchy–Schwarz (real form) for a functional positive on M: for x, y ∈ M,
Re φ(x* y) + Re φ(y* x) ≤ 2 ‖x‖_φ ‖y‖_φ.
Expansion of Re φ((x + y)* (x + y)).
Triangle inequality (squared form) for the seminorm of tuples, for a functional
positive on M only: if all b_i, c_i ∈ M, then
∑ ‖b_i + c_i‖_φ² ≤ (√(∑ ‖b_i‖_φ²) + √(∑ ‖c_i‖_φ²))².
Remark 1.3, first display, second inequality (rem:9epsilon_optimal):
conversely, if a PVM (p_i) satisfies ∑ φ(|a_i − p_i|²) ≤ δ then
φ(∑ a_i²) ≥ 1 − 2√δ (the display's sharper intermediate bound
(1 − √φ(∑|a_i − p_i|²))² is not stated; the ℓ∞² example of the remark is
not formalized).
Theorem 1.4 (thm:pvm_almost_commute): almost commuting PVMs are close
to commuting PVMs. If (p_i), (q_j) are PVMs in M with
∑_{i,j} ‖p_i q_j − q_j p_i‖_φ² < ε, there is a PVM (p'_i) in M with
[p'_i, q_j] = 0 for all i, j and ∑_i ‖p_i − p'_i‖_φ² < 10ε.
Corollary 1.5 (cor:almost_commuting): for unitaries u, v ∈ M of
finite orders n, m with (nm)⁻¹ ∑_{i=1}^{n} ∑_{j=1}^{m} ‖u^i v^j − v^j u^i‖_φ² < ε,
there is a unitary v' ∈ M commuting with u such that
m⁻¹ ∑_{j=1}^{m} ‖v^j − v'^j‖_φ² < 10ε. (The paper's display normalizes the
conclusion by n while summing powers of v; the average over the m
powers of the approximated unitary v is what Theorem 1.4 and the Fourier
dictionary of the paper yield — DIFFERENCES.md D5.)