Pasting two measurements into one #
The blueprint's missing piece for lem:qld-pairs-of-lines: NW19's Fact 4.35, the paper's
lem:pasting-updated. One party holds a joint projective measurement A_{a,b}; the other holds
two projective measurements G_1 and G_2 whose coarse-grainings along evaluation maps agree with
A's two marginals. The conclusion is that A agrees with the sandwich
J_{g_1, g_2} = G_2^{g_2} G_1^{g_1} G_2^{g_2}, coarse-grained by evaluating both outcomes.
Two facts beyond the sandwich chain of MIPRE/Foundations/Sandwich.lean are needed, and they are
proved first.
- A sub-measurement close to a projective measurement carries almost all the mass
(
qform_sum_ge_of_close, NW19's Fact 4.31). Two Cauchy--Schwarz steps against the same deviation, and the loss is2 sqrt(delta). - Multiplying by the projector of the same outcome costs nothing (
sum_snorm_sq_cool, the paper'slem:cool-closeness-factin its partition form). The cross terms vanish by mutual orthogonality and each diagonal term loses onlyA_a <= Id. The partition form is what matters: the consumers apply it to theqfibres of an outcome map at once, and the single-subset form would cost a factorqthere.
The sandwich is where a collision probability enters. G_2^{g_2} G_1 G_2^{g_2} summed over a
fibre of g_2 |-> g_2(y) is a pinching of G_1 by that fibre, not a conjugation by the fibre's
projector, and the difference is the cross terms g_2 \ne g_2' with g_2(y) = g_2'(y). Those are
rare exactly when the outcome map separates the family, which for line polynomials is
Schwartz--Zippel.
The argument is proved once, for a bipartite model (MIPRE/Foundations/BipartiteModel.lean) with
the first player's joint measurement in 𝒜 and the second player's two families in ℬ: the pasting
lemma is BipartiteModel.one_sub_sum_bornProb_pasteJ_le, and NW19's Fact 4.31 is
StateModel.qform_sum_ge_of_close. The coarse-graining fibSumIn (of which the matrix fibSum is
the instance) and the pasted family pasteJ are defined in any ring, and the sandwich identities
they rest on are those of projective measurements in a ⋆-ring (IsPVMIn.conj_eq_gram,
IsPVMIn.sum_pasteJ). The matrix statements are the instances in the tensor-product model
BipartiteModel.tensor ψ. Where the square of a positive contraction is bounded (P² ≤ P for
0 ≤ P ≤ 1), the hypothesis is on the operators represented on the Hilbert space, where the
functional calculus proves it, and the matrix instances discharge it from matrix positivity; the
matrix inequality sum_sq_le_one_of_sum_eq_one is itself the instance of
sum_mul_self_le_one_of_sum_le_one, stated in any ordered algebra with a functional calculus. Only
the transport to a twice-extended state (xSqNorm_extVec2_aOp) is about matrices alone.
The coarse-graining of a family, and the product question distribution #
The fibre sum of a family along an outcome map --- its coarse-graining --- in any additive monoid, so that the family may be matrices or elements of a player's algebra.
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- MIPRE.fibSumIn G e b = ∑ g : α with e g = b, G g
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The fibre sum of a family of operators along an outcome map --- its coarse-graining. It is
fibSumIn in a matrix algebra (fibSum_eq_fibSumIn); the square matrix type stays in the
signature, because consumers let it fix the dimension.
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- MIPRE.fibSum G e b = ∑ g : α with e g = b, G g
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Regrouping along the fibres of an outcome map #
A sum whose summand depends on the index only through its image splits into the fibres.
Weighted sums #
The pasted family, and sandwiches of projective measurements in a ⋆-ring #
The algebra of the pasting sandwich uses only that the families are projective measurements, so
it is stated in any ⋆-ring (MIPRE/Foundations/Measurement.lean): a player's algebra, or a
matrix algebra. Unlike sand of MIPRE/Foundations/Sandwich.lean, the two families here have
different outcome sets.
The pasted POVM: the paper's J_{[eval = (a_1, a_2)]}. R is already the coarse-graining
of the paper's G_1 along its own outcome map --- only R's projectivity is used, so it enters
as a single projective family, and the inner coarse-graining is the consumer's business. It is
defined in any semiring, so that the two families may be matrices or elements of the second
player's algebra.
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- MIPRE.pasteJ R G e p = ∑ g : K with e g = p.2, G g * R p.1 * G g
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One projective measurement's element conjugated by another's is a Gram element:
Z_b X_a Z_b = (X_a Z_b)* (X_a Z_b), the two families on any outcome sets. This is where the
positivity of both pasting sandwiches comes from.
The conjugates Z_b X_a Z_b sum to one, the conjugating index second: the inner family sums
away against the outer one's projectivity.
The pasted family is a POVM in a star-ordered ring: each of its terms is a Gram element.
Positive contractions #
A family of positive elements summing to at most one has its squares summing to at most
one, in any ordered algebra with a continuous functional calculus --- the matrices and the
operators on a Hilbert space alike: P² ≤ P for each, because P (1 - P) is a product of
commuting positive elements.
In a model #
The estimates are proved once. Those about a single represented algebra --- NW19's Fact 4.31, the
two mass bounds, the commutator expansion --- are stated for a state model
(MIPRE/Foundations/StateModel.lean); the pasting argument itself for a bipartite model, with the
first player's joint measurement A and copy Ga of G in 𝒜, and the second player's families
R and G in ℬ. The matrix statements further down are the instances in the tensor-product
model.
Two ways for a family of squared state norms to sum to at most one #
Mutually orthogonal projections: the sum is a projection, hence a contraction.
A POVM, positive on the Hilbert space: each square is below the element, and the elements sum to at most the identity.
A sub-measurement close to a projective measurement #
NW19's Fact 4.31. A family represented by positive operators summing to at most the
identity, which is delta-close to a projective measurement on the state, carries all but
2 sqrt(delta) of the mass. Two Cauchy--Schwarz steps against the same deviation: one moves from
1 to sum <Q_c P_c>, the other from there to sum <P_c^2>, and P_c^2 <= P_c on the Hilbert
space.
sum_snorm_sq_cool at the fibres of the first projection of a product outcome set.
The commutator sum of two projective families, as the deficit of one overlap. Both the fine-grained and the coarse-grained commutators of the pasting lemma have this shape, and it is what lets them be compared.
Born probabilities of projections #
A projection of the first player against a Gram element of the second: the Born probability is the squared norm of a product.
A product of two commuting projections is a projection, so its squared state norm is its quadratic form --- a Born probability.
Coarse-graining a pair of projective families, on the two players #
Coarse-graining adds the off-diagonal Born probabilities, which are nonnegative.
Coarse-graining two projective families the same way costs nothing, in the fibSumIn form
that the pasting lemma needs.
The commutator sum of two projective families of the second player, as the deficit of one overlap.
The sandwich family of the pasting lemma #
The squared state norms of the pasting sandwich sum to at most one: it is a POVM of Gram
elements, positive on the Hilbert space whatever the order of ℬ.
The cloud step. Replacing the second player's outer factor by the first player's copy of
it costs the square root of their cross-party deviation --- and nothing depending on the size of
K, because one factor R a stays in front of the deviation, so the sum over a is absorbed
rather than repeated.
A mutually orthogonal family of products of commuting projections has its squared state norms summing to at most one. The first player's factor need not be a measurement in its own right: only self-adjointness, idempotence and orthogonality along the first index are used.
From the sandwich to the ordered product. The difference is the first player's operator against the second player's commutator; the first player's projection times the second's is a mutually orthogonal family, so the Cauchy--Schwarz costs only the commutator.
Step (i) of the pasting lemma. The second player's two projections in the order
G_g R_a, paired with the first player's joint outcome, already agree with the state at
1 - delta/2 - sqrt(delta/2): the outer factor sums away against the first player's marginal, and
what is left is the R-consistency, whose square root is the only one in the whole argument that
is not a commutator.
From the Born rule to the state-dependent distance: the first player's family is projective and the pasted family a POVM positive on the Hilbert space, so the summed deviation is at most twice the disagreement.
The coarse-grained commutator is small: this is the commutation analysis, with both families on the second player's side and the first player's joint measurement supplying the operator both products reach.
The collision term: the pairs of G-outcomes that the outcome map cannot tell apart. It
is exactly what the coarse-grained cloud has beyond the fine-grained one, and the only place where
the separating property of the outcome map is needed.
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The strife minus the cloud is exactly the collision term. Both are sums of the same Born
probabilities; coarse-graining pairs each G-outcome with every other one the map identifies
with it.
The fine-grained commutator against the coarse-grained one. The coarse-grained one is
small by the commutation analysis; the two differ by the cloud, the strife and the collision term,
and the cloud--strife comparison is the only place the first player's copy of G is used.
The pasted POVM agrees with the first player's joint measurement, at one question. Step (i) reaches the ordered product and step (ii) the sandwich.
The marginal of a joint measurement against the other player's product #
The marginal step. The first player's joint projective measurement, consistent with the
second player's ordered product Z_b X_a, has its R2-marginal consistent with X_a alone.
The second player's own deviation, through the first player's operator. The three-term triangle inequality in the one shape the consumer needs: a same-side deviation bounded by two cross-party ones.
Attaching the other player's projection to a consistent joint measurement costs nothing.
The marginal step, packaged, at ten times the input.
The pasting lemma #
The pasting lemma, k = 2 (NW19's Fact 4.35, the paper's lem:pasting-updated), in a
bipartite model: the first player's joint measurement agrees with the pasted sandwich up to
delta/2 + sqrt(delta/2) + sqrt(32 delta + 4 sqrt(eta) + 2 eps).
The collision term under a product question distribution #
The collision term is at most the average collision probability, in a bipartite model: the Born probabilities do not depend on the probe, so the probe average acts on the indicator alone, and what is left is a POVM's total mass, which is one.
Two small facts about the quadratic form #
The quadratic form does not see the adjoint: it is a real part, and the adjoint conjugates.
A positive operator below the identity has M^2 <= M, so a family of positive operators
summing to the identity has its squares summing to at most the identity.
A sub-measurement close to a projective measurement #
Two ways for a family of squared state norms to sum to at most one #
Mutually orthogonal projections: the sum is a projection, hence bounded by the identity.
Bob's squared state norm is the second player's in the tensor-product model.
Coarse-graining a pair of projective families, on the two parties #
Coarse-graining adds the off-diagonal Born probabilities, which are nonnegative.
Coarse-graining two projective families the same way costs nothing, in the fibSum form
that the pasting lemma needs.
The fine-grained commutator against the coarse-grained one #
The commutator sum of two projective families on Bob's factor, written as the deficit of one overlap. Both the fine-grained and the coarse-grained commutators have this shape, and it is what lets them be compared.
The sandwich family of the pasting lemma #
Each term of the pasting sandwich is a Gram operator, hence positive.
The pasting sandwich is a POVM: the inner family sums away against R's projectivity.
The squared state norms of the pasting sandwich sum to at most one.
The cloud step. Replacing Bob's outer factor by Alice's copy of it costs the square root of
their cross-party deviation --- and nothing depending on the size of K, because one factor R a
stays in front of the deviation, so the sum over a is absorbed rather than repeated.
Alice's operator against Bob's projection #
A mutually orthogonal family of products of commuting projections has its squared state norms summing to at most one. Alice's factor need not be a measurement in its own right: only self-adjointness, idempotence and orthogonality along the first index are used.
From the sandwich to the ordered product. The difference is Alice's operator against Bob's commutator; Alice's projection times Bob's is a mutually orthogonal family, so the Cauchy--Schwarz costs only the commutator.
The ordered product carries almost all the mass #
Step (i) of the pasting lemma. Bob's two projections in the order G_g R_a, paired with
Alice's joint outcome, already agree with the state at 1 - delta/2 - sqrt(delta/2): the outer
factor sums away against Alice's marginal, and what is left is the R-consistency, whose square
root is the only one in the whole argument that is not a commutator.
The pasted POVM #
The other sandwich --- the one the pasted POVM is built from --- is also a Gram operator.
From the Born rule to the state-dependent distance: Alice's family is projective and the pasted family is a POVM, so the summed deviation is at most twice the disagreement.
The coarse-grained commutator, and the collision term #
The coarse-grained commutator is small: this is the commutation analysis, with both families on Bob's factor and Alice's joint measurement supplying the operator both products reach.
The collision term: the pairs of G-outcomes that the outcome map cannot tell apart. It
is exactly what the coarse-grained cloud has beyond the fine-grained one, and the only place where
the separating property of the outcome map is needed.
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- MIPRE.collisionTerm ψ R G Ga e = ∑ a : R1, ∑ g : K, ∑ g' : K with g' ≠ g ∧ e g' = e g, MIPRE.bornProb ψ (Ga g') (R a * G g * R a)
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The collision term is that of the tensor-product model.
The strife minus the cloud is exactly the collision term. Both are sums of the same Born
probabilities; coarse-graining pairs each G-outcome with every other one the map identifies
with it.
The two halves of the pasting lemma, at one question #
The fine-grained commutator against the coarse-grained one. The coarse-grained one is
small by the commutation analysis; the two differ by the cloud, the strife and the collision term,
and the cloud--strife comparison is the only place Alice's copy of G is used.
The pasted POVM agrees with Alice's joint measurement, at one question. Step (i) reaches the ordered product and step (ii) the sandwich.
The marginal of a joint measurement against the other party's product #
The step lem:qld-pairs-of-lines needs before the pasting lemma applies: a joint measurement
consistent with the ordered product of the other party's two families is consistent, after summing
out one outcome, with that party's single family. Two facts do it: sum_snorm_sq_cool, to replace
the marginal by the same marginal with the other party's projection attached, and then the
orthogonality of that projection's fibres, which is what makes the sum over the summed-out outcome
free rather than a factor |R2|.
A projective family stays projective on the product space.
sum_snorm_sq_cool at the fibres of the first projection of a product outcome set.
The marginal step. Alice's joint projective measurement, consistent with Bob's ordered
product Z_b X_a, has its R2-marginal consistent with X_a alone.
Bob's own deviation, through Alice's operator. The three-term triangle inequality in the one shape the consumer needs: a same-side deviation bounded by two cross-party ones.
Attaching the other party's projection to a consistent joint measurement costs nothing. The relation the marginal step's first term needs, from the consistency with the ordered product alone.
The marginal step, packaged. A joint projective measurement consistent with the other
party's ordered product Z_b X_a has its R2-marginal consistent with X_a alone, at ten times
the input.
Transport to a twice-extended state #
The consumer's two inputs live on different spaces: the joint measurement on each party's space
enlarged by one register (the Naimark dilation of lem:qld-combined-points), the line measurements
on the unenlarged ones. An operator with an inert ancilla has the same cross-party deviation on the
extended state as the operator itself.
The pasting lemma #
The averaged statement. A is Alice's joint projective measurement, R Bob's first family --- in
the application already the coarse-graining of his answer measurement along its own outcome map ---
and G his second, with Ga Alice's copy of it. The four hypotheses are the two marginal
consistencies, the cross-party self-consistency of G at the fine level, and the collision term.
Two hypotheses of the paper's statement are absent, and both are absences rather than gaps.
G_1 is assumed projective (in the paper it may be a POVM for i = 1), which makes the two
diagonal sums of the commutator expansion exactly one and removes the need for NW19's Fact 4.31.
And the cross-party self-consistency of G is a hypothesis here rather than derived from the
backwards consistency and Alice's self-consistency, because the consumer has it directly, at the
fine level and with no collision cost.
The pasting lemma, k = 2 (NW19's Fact 4.35, the paper's lem:pasting-updated), in Born
probability form: Alice's joint measurement agrees with the pasted sandwich up to
delta/2 + sqrt(delta/2) + sqrt(32 delta + 4 sqrt(eta) + 2 eps).
The collision term under a product question distribution #
The collision term is at most the average collision probability. The question is a pair: a
part z that all the measurements see, and a probe y, uniform and independent of z, that only
the outcome map sees. The Born probabilities do not depend on y, so the probe average acts on the
indicator alone; what is left is a POVM's total mass, which is one.
The collision probability is allowed to depend on z, and the conclusion is its average. The
consumer needs that: for a degenerate line the outcome map separates nothing, and what makes the
average small is that such lines are rare rather than that the bound holds everywhere.