The sharp variation estimate for polarized spectral measures #
For the complex measure P.polarizedComplexMeasure ψ ξ associated with a normalized
projection-valued measure, we prove
(P.polarizedComplexMeasure ψ ξ).variation univ ≤ ofReal (‖ψ‖ * ‖ξ‖).
This sharp bound makes the polarized complex measure a finite-variation measure, with
its total variation controlled by the product of the norms of the two vectors. It gives
uniform norm control for integration against polarized spectral measures: integrating
a bounded measurable function is bounded in absolute value by its supremum norm times
‖ψ‖ * ‖ξ‖.
On the diagonal, the variation of P.polarizedComplexMeasure ξ ξ is exactly P.diag ξ.
The finite-variation instance makes this property available to the vector-measure integration API and subsequent spectral-integral estimates.
The underlying PVM and polarized-measure constructions are adapted from the AIQ-Kitware DKPS formalization (Apache-2.0): https://github.com/AIQ-Kitware/aiq-dkps-formalization.
The variation of a polarized spectral measure has the sharp mass bound.
The variation of a polarized complex measure is finite.
The variation of the diagonal polarized measure is the diagonal measure.