SigmaLayer/MixedOntic: the ontic-side mixed-state representation on the unified model (#8 C) #
Category: 7-SigmaLayer (the projective-sector layer (Paper C)).
FiniteQMClosure carries the Born content for PURE states only (born_frequency for a single ψ). This
module represents a MIXED state on the SAME ontic model productDynamics H hH p₀ as a classical mixture
over ontic pure-preparations, and proves that the mixture reproduces the density-operator Born rule.
The state enters the ontic model only through the pointer/outcome structure (the ψ-dependent Born
region), not through the Liouville law μL (which is fixed). So a mixed state ρ is represented by
classical randomness over WHICH pure component ψⱼ = eⱼ (eigenvector) is in effect, weighted by the
eigenvalues λⱼ — the spectral ensemble of SigmaLayer/MixedEnsemble.lean (density_isPureEnsemble). The
resulting mixed Born WEIGHT for pointer outcome i is
∑ⱼ λⱼ · μL(π⁻¹ bornRegion(eⱼ) i) (classical mixture of ontic Born-region measures)
and mixed_ontic_born_weight proves this equals Tr(ρ Eᵢ) (traceForm ρ (rankOneEffect eᵢ)) — the
density-operator Born probability of the standard-basis outcome i. So the unified model represents mixed
states, not only pure ones: mixing ontic pure-preparations by the spectral weights gives EXACTLY the
Born rule of ρ.
This is stated at the WEIGHT (probability) level — the same granularity as the conditioning=Lüders
correspondence (conditioning_luders_effect_equivalence), which is also a weight/ratio statement rather
than an LLN. A genuine mixed-state frequency LLN (redrawing the component each shot on a two-stage
mixture space) is the remaining refinement of #8 C.
Proof = the ontic weight agreement onticRegion_measure_eq_born (SigmaLayer/ConditioningLuders.lean,
μL(π⁻¹ bornRegion ψ i) = ‖⟨eᵢ,ψ⟩‖²) composed with the spectral affine Born rule
traceForm_eq_pureEnsemble (SigmaLayer/MixedEnsemble.lean) and the pure Born quadratic form born_quadratic
(LF2/BornWrapper.lean), matched up by conjugate symmetry of the inner product.
References: SigmaLayer/ConditioningLuders.lean (onticRegion_measure_eq_born), SigmaLayer/MixedEnsemble.lean
(traceForm_eq_pureEnsemble, eigenvectorBasis_norm_one, density_isPureEnsemble),
LF2/BornWrapper.lean (traceForm, rankOneEffect, born_quadratic); specs/future-work.md SL-T9.
The eigenvectors of a density operator are nonzero (they are unit vectors).
The standard basis vector eᵢ has unit norm.
The ontic mixed-state Born weight (#8 C). For any density operator ρ and pointer outcome i,
the classical mixture — over ρ's spectral ensemble (λⱼ, eⱼ) — of the ontic Born-region measures equals
the density-operator Born probability Tr(ρ |eᵢ⟩⟨eᵢ|):
∑ⱼ λⱼ · μL(π⁻¹ bornRegion(eⱼ) i) = traceForm ρ (rankOneEffect eᵢ).
So the unified model productDynamics H hH p₀ represents mixed states: mixing its ontic pure-preparations
by the spectral weights reproduces exactly the Born rule of ρ. Composes the ontic weight agreement
onticRegion_measure_eq_born with the spectral affine Born rule traceForm_eq_pureEnsemble and the pure
born_quadratic, matched by conjugate symmetry of the inner product.