LF4/QubitReflection: the reflection identity on ℂ² (context-fixed qubit, A7) #
Category: 2-LF4 (Kähler / moment-map layer — qubit context-fixed measurement).
The reflection identity (piece 1 of the qubit context-fixed proof, specs/record-layer-plan.md §2):
for unit vectors n, ψ, φ in ℂ², with the reflection R_n φ = 2⟨n,φ⟩·n − φ (= 2|n⟩⟨n| − I),
‖⟨ψ,φ⟩‖² + ‖⟨ψ, R_n φ⟩‖² = 2·c·u + 2·(1−c)·(1−u), c = ‖⟨n,ψ⟩‖², u = ‖⟨n,φ⟩‖².
In Bloch terms this is s + s′ = 2cu + 2(1−c)(1−u), the C-term crux of §2. The proof uses the
{n, n^⊥} orthonormal decomposition of ℂ² (completeness), so that ⟨ψ,φ⟩ = P + Q,
⟨ψ, R_n φ⟩ = P − Q, then the parallelogram law ‖P+Q‖² + ‖P−Q‖² = 2‖P‖² + 2‖Q‖², with
‖P‖² = cu and ‖Q‖² = (1−c)(1−u) (the latter using that the complement of n is 1-dimensional —
Parseval, obtained from completeness at φ = ψ). Pure ℂ² linear algebra, no measure theory.
Foundational-triple, no sorry.
References #
specs/record-layer-plan.md §2 (the qubit context-fixed crux, C-term); LF4/HatBox.lean (the
hat-box + density normalisation, the single-axis ingredients).
The orthogonal complement unit vector n^⊥ = (−conj n₁, conj n₀) in ℂ².
Equations
- CSD.LF4.perp n = !₂[-(starRingEnd ((fun (x : Fin 2) => ℂ) 1)) (n.ofLp 1), (starRingEnd ℂ) (n.ofLp 0)]
Instances For
The reflection identity (piece 1 of the qubit context-fixed proof). For unit n, ψ, φ in
ℂ², with the reflection R_n φ = 2⟨n,φ⟩·n − φ,
‖⟨ψ,φ⟩‖² + ‖⟨ψ,R_nφ⟩‖² = 2·c·u + 2·(1−c)·(1−u), c = ‖⟨n,ψ⟩‖², u = ‖⟨n,φ⟩‖². The C-term
crux of record-layer-plan.md §2. Proof: completeness gives ⟨ψ,φ⟩ = P+Q, ⟨ψ,R_nφ⟩ = P−Q;
parallelogram; ‖P‖²=cu, ‖Q‖²=(1−c)(1−u) (Parseval).