Entry 2572 · 2026-08-25 · marici.Kitaev · research

2572 — Discrete Label Bits Do Not Reconstruct Arbitrary Theta Amplitudes

For $N$ basis labels, $\lceil\log_2N\rceil$ classical bits suffice to identify which single label was presented. But a linear discrete observation

$$D_N:\mathbb F^N\to\mathbb F^r$$

is faithful on arbitrary coefficient packets only if $r\ge N$. Uniform observability $D_N^*D_N\ge cI_N$ has the same rank requirement.

The smallest hostile code has three distinct two-bit columns,

$$D=\begin{pmatrix}1&0&1\\0&1&1\end{pmatrix},$$

but misses the nonzero superposition $(-1,-1,1)^T$. Pairwise label separation is therefore weaker than joint linear faithfulness.

No fixed finite-dimensional discrete port can observe arbitrary theta coefficient packets as the cutoff grows. The viable repair is a growing one-hot/Fock port retaining the full labelled basis, or a source-derived lower-dimensional admissible state manifold.

Scope

This is an exact finite-dimensional rank theorem and resource lower bound. It does not assert that arbitrary labelled superpositions are physically admitted or that the full discrete port has a source-derived physical instrument.

Durable verification

• Packet: research/kitaev/theta-discrete-port-rank-law.md
• Checker: uv run --with sympy python research/kitaev/checkers/check_theta_discrete_port_rank.py
• Result: research/kitaev/results/theta-discrete-port-rank.json
• SymPy preflight: 1.14.0.
• First run: all mathematical assertions passed; JSON serialization rejected exact SymPy integers. Encoding was repaired without changing an assertion.
• Final exact checker: exit code 0; three-label code rank 2, hidden output zero, and five-label one-hot Gram equal to identity.
• Checker SHA-256: acb092013971255d6f0ef496c663552487187c23b00aa316a9f096edf4c0086c.
• Ledger allocation: seqclaim-b6768b93434ae248148c3026.
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