Projective effect function (the quadratic-form representation layer) #
Category: 3-Local (pre-LF4 plan Phase 2 — the representation-layer
object: given a unit-vector representative map
rep : P → EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin N) from an abstract projective space
P and a finite-dimensional Effect, effectProjFn rep E p returns
the real number that, integrated against π_*μprep, gives the
probability of outcome E under a preparation pushing forward to a
measure on P.
Honest scope (F-02, external review 2026-08-06) #
effectProjFn is the Born quadratic form by definition: it is
Re(v† E v) at the representative v = rep p, and for rank-1 effects it
evaluates pointwise to ‖⟨rep p, φ⟩‖² (effectProjFn_rankOne). So the
LF2 theorems that integrate it are representation/consistency
statements — they exhibit the operational probability as an integral of
an already-quadratic integrand, and (vs the Busch route) they avoid the
trace-form characterisation step, not the quadratic form itself. The
genuine Born-from-volume content — computing the Fubini–Study
measure of a separately specified region and finding the Born weight —
lives in LF4 (MomentBornN, BornRegionUncond,
born_frequency_convergence_N_uncond); do not cite this layer for it.
The trace-form / density-operator description is a reformulation,
available via traceForm + born_quadratic.
Projective effect function (quadratic form). Given a unit-vector
representative map rep : P → EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin N) and a
finite-dimensional Effect E, returns the real number
RCLike.re (star v ⬝ᵥ E.M *ᵥ v) where v = (rep p).ofLp is the
underlying function. The probability assignment from a preparation
measure μprep is then ∫ p, effectProjFn rep E p ∂(π_*μprep).
Instances For
For the rank-1 effect |φ⟩⟨φ|, the projective effect function
evaluates pointwise to ‖⟨rep p, φ⟩‖². This is the standard Born
quadratic form at the representative vector.
The zero effect's projective effect function is identically zero.
The identity effect's projective effect function is ‖rep p‖² pointwise.
For unit-norm rep p this is 1.
The projective effect function is additive in the effect argument (when the sum is itself an effect).
Bounds #
The projective effect function is non-negative (from E.nonneg) and
bounded by 1 for unit-norm rep p (from E.le_one).
The projective effect function is pointwise non-negative.
Routes through Matrix.PosSemidef.re_dotProduct_nonneg applied to
E.M's PSD content.
The projective effect function is pointwise bounded by ‖rep p‖².
For unit-norm rep p this is 1. Routes through E.le_one applied
via the same re_dotProduct_nonneg mechanism on 1 - E.M.
Specialisation of effectProjFn_le_norm_sq to unit-norm rep p.
Measurability #
effectProjFn rep E is measurable when rep is measurable. The
function decomposes as rep composed with a continuous map
EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin N) → ℝ (a real quadratic form). On
finite-dim normed spaces all polynomial expressions are continuous.
The projective effect function is measurable in its argument
when rep is measurable.
The projective effect function is integrable against any finite
measure when rep is measurable and unit-norm. Routes via
Integrable.of_bound: measurable + pointwise bounded by 1 (via
effectProjFn_le_one) + finite measure ⟹ integrable.