/** * GRAFT 3 — POVM Verdict Semantics * * Source: Preskill, J. (2015). Quantum Information, Lecture Notes for * Physics 219/CS 219. Caltech, Chapter 3 §3.1 (POVMs). * https://www.preskill.caltech.edu/ph219/chap3_15.pdf * * Replaces binary {accept, reject} verdicts with a positive-operator- * valued measure: a finite collection of positive-semidefinite operators * {Eᵢ} on the policy state space satisfying Σᵢ Eᵢ = I (the completeness * theorem). Each Eᵢ corresponds to a distinct admission outcome — admit- * with-witness, admit-with-throttle, deny, escalate, etc. — and the * probability of outcome i on policy state ρ is Tr(Eᵢρ). * * The completeness invariant is checked at construction; non-conforming * verdict sets are rejected. This is the operational equivalent of the * Lean theorem `povm_completeness` referenced in the doctrine. */ const COMPLETENESS_TOL = 1e-9; export type Outcome = 'admit' | 'admit_throttled' | 'admit_witnessed' | 'deny' | 'escalate'; export type POVMVerdict = { outcome: Outcome; /** Effect operator diagonal entries (we restrict to diagonal effects in * the policy basis; full off-diagonal POVMs are out of scope for now). */ effectDiagonal: readonly number[]; rationale: string; }; export type POVMSet = readonly POVMVerdict[]; /** Σᵢ Eᵢ = I (with floating-point tolerance). */ export function isComplete(verdicts: POVMSet, dim: number): boolean { if (verdicts.length === 0) return false; const sum = new Array(dim).fill(0); for (const v of verdicts) { if (v.effectDiagonal.length !== dim) return false; for (let i = 0; i < dim; i++) { const x = v.effectDiagonal[i]; if (x < -COMPLETENESS_TOL || x > 1 + COMPLETENESS_TOL) return false; // 0 ≤ Eᵢ ≤ I sum[i] += x; } } return sum.every((s) => Math.abs(s - 1) < COMPLETENESS_TOL); } export class POVMSetError extends Error { constructor(message: string) { super(message); this.name = 'POVMSetError'; } } /** Construct + validate. Throws if Σᵢ Eᵢ ≠ I. */ export function makePOVM(verdicts: POVMSet, dim: number): POVMSet { if (!isComplete(verdicts, dim)) { throw new POVMSetError(`POVM completeness violated: Σᵢ Eᵢ ≠ I on dim ${dim}`); } return verdicts; } /** Probability of outcome i on diagonal state ρ — Tr(Eᵢρ). */ export function probability(verdict: POVMVerdict, stateDiagonal: readonly number[]): number { if (verdict.effectDiagonal.length !== stateDiagonal.length) { throw new POVMSetError('effect/state dimension mismatch'); } let p = 0; for (let i = 0; i < stateDiagonal.length; i++) { p += verdict.effectDiagonal[i] * stateDiagonal[i]; } return p; } /** Pick the most-likely outcome on state ρ (used by the policy head). */ export function argmaxOutcome(povm: POVMSet, stateDiagonal: readonly number[]): POVMVerdict { let best = povm[0]; let bestP = -Infinity; for (const v of povm) { const p = probability(v, stateDiagonal); if (p > bestP) { bestP = p; best = v; } } return best; }