Plain-English statement
A semigroup is reversible when evolving either argument gives the same Hilbert-space pairing.
Mathematical statement
For every t, f, and g, inner(P_t f,g) = inner(f,P_t g).
Intuition
Each time operator behaves like a self-adjoint operator. In the textbook the Hilbert space is L2(pi), so the inner product is integration against the stationary law.
Conditions
- a real inner-product space
- a continuous-linear semigroup indexed by nonnegative time
Why these conditions cannot be dropped
- the inner product represents the L2(pi) pairing in the intended application
- constructing a concrete Langevin semigroup on L2(pi) is a separate analytic theorem
Proof route
- quantify the symmetry equality over all times and observables
- verify the predicate on the identity semigroup as a behavior test
Lean interface notes
- ContinuousLinearSemigroup supplies P_t and the semigroup laws
- the definition is generic in the Hilbert space so it can later be instantiated by Mathlib Lp
- no invariant measure is inferred by this declaration alone
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Lean statement
def IsReversible (S : ContinuousLinearSemigroup H) : Prop :=
∀ (t : ℝ≥0) (f g : H),
inner ℝ (S.op t f) g = inner ℝ f (S.op t g)
/-- The constant identity semigroup is reversible on every real inner-product
space. -/
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