Empirical/CSD: the USD (unambiguous-discrimination) POVM and its Born weights as Kähler volumes #
Category: 3-Local (CSD-ontic layer; the second non-projective (POVM) entry in the volume-frequency series, after the trine).
The unambiguous state discrimination POVM (Ivanovic–Dieks–Peres) is the canonical
"why POVMs are needed" measurement: it distinguishes two non-orthogonal pure states
ψ₁, ψ₂ (overlap s = ⟨ψ₁,ψ₂⟩ ∈ [0,1)) with zero error at the cost of an
inconclusive outcome. The three effects are
E₁ = a|ψ₂^⊥⟩⟨ψ₂^⊥|, E₂ = a|ψ₁^⊥⟩⟨ψ₁^⊥|, E? = |χ?⟩⟨χ?| with a = 1/(1+s);
the full usdPOVM : POVM 2 (Fin 3) (states + unambiguity + success + completeness)
is built in Empirical/QM/USD.lean.
This file:
- gives the closed-form conclusive Born weights
p₁(ψ) = a‖⟨ψ, ψ₂^⊥⟩‖²,p₂(ψ) = a‖⟨ψ, ψ₁^⊥⟩‖²; - runs the POVM through the tranche:
canonicalNaimark (usdPOVM …)is the dilation, andusd_born_frequency_volumelands the three USD outcome frequencies as Fubini–Study volumes on the dilated onticΣ' = ℂℙ⁵— carving-free, Gleason-free.
Like the trine, the volume reading is the general POVM capstone instantiated at a
concrete non-projective measurement; it routes through the hpos-free engine
(povm_born_frequency_volume_uncond, LF4/BornRegionUncond.lean), so no genericity
hypothesis on the dilated state is carried (2026-06-11 migration).
The conclusive Born weights #
Closed-form conclusive weight (outcome 1): p₁(ψ) = a‖⟨ψ, ψ₂^⊥⟩‖².
Closed-form conclusive weight (outcome 2): p₂(ψ) = a‖⟨ψ, ψ₁^⊥⟩‖².
The USD POVM Born weights as Kähler volumes #
The canonical Naimark dilation of the USD POVM (it exists, like every POVM's).
Equations
- CSD.Empirical.CSDBridge.USDVolume.usdNaimark s hs0 hs1 = CSD.LF4.canonicalNaimark (CSD.Empirical.QM.USD.usdPOVM s hs0 hs1)
Instances For
The USD POVM Born weights as Kähler volumes (the capstone). Instantiating
povm_born_frequency_volume_uncond at the unambiguous-discrimination POVM: i.i.d.
Fubini–Study trials on the dilated ontic Σ' = ℂℙ⁵ have the k-th USD outcome's
empirical frequency converge, on a single almost-sure event, to the USD Born weight
pₖ(ψ) = ⟨ψ, Eₖ ψ⟩ (the two conclusive weights a‖⟨ψₖ^⊥, ψ⟩‖² and the inconclusive
weight) — realised as a sum of Fubini–Study volumes of the dilated barycentric cells.
The second non-projective (POVM) entry in the volume-frequency series, after the
trine; carving-free, Gleason-free, and (since the 2026-06-11 hpos migration) with no
genericity hypothesis on the dilated state — notably, ψ = ψ₁ or ψ₂ (a conclusive
weight exactly zero, the unambiguity case itself) is covered.