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IsReversible

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A semigroup is reversible when evolving either argument gives the same Hilbert-space pairing.

Plain-English statement

A semigroup is reversible when evolving either argument gives the same Hilbert-space pairing.

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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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