Hidden-State Updates and observable-record composition in retrocausal models
Abstract
A hidden-variable model can reproduce context-independent individual readouts while failing to preserve observable records when devices are connected or reused. We distinguish two composition requirements. For a finite family of nonnegative instrument matrices, an invariant space generated by normalization defects characterizes unit continuation mass under every finite adaptive policy. Its annihilator defines the maximal admissible positive cone closed under outcome-conditioned updates. A separate observation space characterizes indistinguishability of context-dependent hidden preparations under joint readout. A finite-state example passes every fixed sequence but fails under outcome-dependent stopping. For a wrapped-Cauchy spin source with an explicitly stipulated unchanged-source passive extension, two individually fair probes acquire a setting-dependent agreement probability with contrast ε2sech(2g)/4. More generally, protection under one and two identical uses forces a continuous binary passive response to be constant; measurable two-valued exceptions remain possible. Exact rational calculations, exhaustive finite-policy experiments, continuous source sampling, and quadrature test the stated examples. The criteria apply to specified instrument families and accessible records; they do not construct a microscopic detector or establish consistency under unrestricted network composition.
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BibTeX
@misc{weerasinghe2026hiddenstate,
title = {{Hidden-State Updates and observable-record composition in retrocausal models}},
author = {D. M. Theshan N. Weerasinghe},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.00357},
eprint = {2610.00357},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00357},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Hidden-State Updates and observable-record composition in retrocausal models
AU - D. M. Theshan N. Weerasinghe
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.00357
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00357
AB - A hidden-variable model can reproduce context-independent individual readouts while failing to preserve observable records when devices are connected or reused. We distinguish two composition requirements. For a finite family of nonnegative instrument matrices, an invariant space generated by normalization defects characterizes unit continuation mass under every finite adaptive policy. Its annihilator defines the maximal admissible positive cone closed under outcome-conditioned updates. A separate observation space characterizes indistinguishability of context-dependent hidden preparations under joint readout. A finite-state example passes every fixed sequence but fails under outcome-dependent stopping. For a wrapped-Cauchy spin source with an explicitly stipulated unchanged-source passive extension, two individually fair probes acquire a setting-dependent agreement probability with contrast ε^2sech(2g)/4. More generally, protection under one and two identical uses forces a continuous binary passive response to be constant; measurable two-valued exceptions remain possible. Exact rational calculations, exhaustive finite-policy experiments, continuous source sampling, and quadrature test the stated examples. The criteria apply to specified instrument families and accessible records; they do not construct a microscopic detector or establish consistency under unrestricted network composition.
ER -