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Proposition: Affine obstruction to definite packet selection

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VIII-B@3#prop:affine

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Let be a convex state set and suppose an affine map assigns each state a probability measure concentrated at one classical packet:

If distinct packets are separated by measurable events, then is constant on .

Consequently, if and takes two distinct values on , the sourced constructor cannot be the definite classical output of an affine channel on that domain.

Proof. If , choose a measurable event containing one packet and not the other. For , affinity gives

The chosen event has probability strictly between zero and one, so this measure is not concentrated at one packet. The mixture belongs to , a contradiction. For the application, distinct selected deficits distinguish the packets.

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