Empirical/CSD: GHZ three-qubit joint probabilities as derived Kähler-volume frequencies #
Category: 3-Local (CSD-ontic layer; genuine volume derivation, not a transport tag, and not conditional on any preparation bundle).
The three-qubit (N = 8) surfacing of LF4.born_frequency_convergence_N_uncond
(the hpos-free form, since the 2026-06-11 migration) for the GHZ state
(|000⟩ + |111⟩)/√2, in the spirit of Empirical/CSD/BellVolume.lean.
The genericity obstruction (resolved 2026-06-11) #
The GHZ state is a stabiliser state: in every Pauli basis it is sparse (the
iconic all-X Mermin measurement gives four zero amplitudes). It is therefore a
boundary point of the probability simplex in those bases, and violates the
genericity hypothesis hpos (∀ j, 0 < ‖⟨eⱼ,ψ⟩‖²) of the conditional engine
born_frequency_convergence_N, which needs an interior point. That obstruction
was the historical reason this file's capstone carried Φ ∈ (0, π); it is
resolved by the hpos-free engine (LF4/BornRegionUncond.lean,
born_frequency_convergence_N_uncond): zero-amplitude outcomes have FS-null
cells and frequencies converging to 0, so the capstone now covers every
angle-sum Φ, the Mermin boundary values Φ = 0, π included.
The measured family is the xy-plane product basis at angle-sum
Φ = φ₁+φ₂+φ₃. There the eight joint amplitudes are
(1/4)(1 + s₁s₂s₃ e^{-iΦ}) (up to a global phase, taken real here:
cos(Φ/2)/2 on the four even-parity outcomes, i·sin(Φ/2)/2 on the four odd),
with squared moduli
P_even = cos²(Φ/2)/4 = (1 + cos Φ)/8 P_odd = sin²(Φ/2)/4 = (1 − cos Φ)/8,
strictly positive iff Φ ∈ (0, π) (ghzVec_hpos, retained as the
interior-point fact). The three-point correlation is
∑ s₁s₂s₃ · P_s = cos Φ (ghz_volume_correlation).
The iconic Mermin values are the boundary points: Φ = 0 gives ⟨XXX⟩ = +1,
Φ = π gives ⟨XYY⟩ = ⟨YXY⟩ = ⟨YYX⟩ = −1 (the GHZ all-or-nothing
contradiction). At these sparse cos Φ = ±1 points four of the eight cells are
FS-null; the capstone reaches them with the four surviving weights 1/4 and the
four null weights 0.
What is and is not claimed #
Derived (carving-free, Gleason-free, unconditional). For every Φ, the
eight Born weights are the genuine Fubini–Study volumes of the barycentric moment
regions on ℂℙ⁷, and i.i.d. FS trials have frequencies converging a.s. to them.
No busch_effect_gleason, no carving, no preparation bundle, no genericity.
Not claimed. (i) The closed-form amplitudes are the physics input (cf. LF3
cAmp); identifying ghzVec Φ with the abstract GHZ state in the Φ-basis is
the amplitude identity, supplied by construction. (ii) Region → physical-outcome
labelling is LF4-todo §14.
Experimental verification #
- Greenberger, Horne, Zeilinger 1989; Mermin 1990: Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 3373; Pan et al. 2000: Nature 403, 515.
Helpers #
The GHZ amplitude vector on ℂℙ⁷ (generic xy-plane basis) #
The GHZ state's eight joint amplitudes in the generic Φ-angle xy-plane
product basis, up to a global phase: cos(Φ/2)/2 on the four even-parity outcomes
{0,3,5,6}, i·sin(Φ/2)/2 on the four odd-parity outcomes {1,2,4,7}.
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The eight Born weights #
Norm, non-vanishing, genericity #
Genericity: for Φ ∈ (0, π) all eight Born weights are strictly positive
(sin(Φ/2), cos(Φ/2) > 0), so the conditional born_frequency_convergence_N
applies. No longer consumed by the capstone (it routes through the hpos-free
born_frequency_convergence_N_uncond); retained as the interior-point fact.
The GHZ volume-frequency capstone #
CSD GHZ joint frequencies as derived Kähler-volume convergence. For
every angle-sum Φ and i.i.d. trials drawing microstates from the Fubini–Study
typicality measure on the ontic Σ = ℂℙ⁷, the empirical frequencies of the eight
barycentric Born outcome regions converge, on a single almost-sure event, to the
GHZ joint Born weights ‖⟨eᵢ, ghzVec Φ⟩‖².
Carving-free, Gleason-free, unconditional — no busch_effect_gleason, no carved
regions, no preparation bundle, and (since the 2026-06-11 hpos migration) no
angle restriction: the iconic Mermin values Φ = 0, π are covered — their four
sparse outcomes' cells are FS-null with frequencies converging to 0 (see module
docstring). The amplitude values are the physics input; the
volume = Born number step is derived.
Recovered GHZ three-point correlation. The parity-signed sum of the eight
volume-derived Born weights is cos Φ, the GHZ correlation
⟨σ_{n₁} σ_{n₂} σ_{n₃}⟩ = cos(φ₁+φ₂+φ₃). Its boundary values Φ = 0 ↦ +1
(⟨XXX⟩) and Φ = π ↦ −1 (⟨XYY⟩) are the Mermin all-or-nothing data.