Sequential Word Observation Residual
Abstract
Instrument word expectations agree exactly on the generated orthogonal residual.
Theorem 1.1 (Bounded instrument words characterize the orthogonal residual).
Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Quantum/Completion/SequentialWordObservationResidual.sequential_observation_iff (✓ std3). ∎
Source. Repository-derived.
Commentary.
For a real Hermitian operator carrier, each instrument dual map acts on the identity effect. The public word-effect construction folds those maps in source order, matching the Heisenberg composition of a finite instrument word.
Two represented states have equal expectations for every word of length at most n exactly when their difference is orthogonal to the real span of all generated word effects.