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IndisputableMonolith.Quantum.PureTwoQubit.EntropyConcurrence

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Defines Wootters concurrence for a pure two-qubit amplitude matrix as twice the absolute determinant, and ties it to the reduced density matrix via det(ρ) = C²/4. Quantum skeleton and gravity master imports use the nonnegativity and vanishing criteria. Argument is elementary complex linear algebra over Mathlib: Frobenius norms, partial traces, and determinant identities.

claimFor a pure two-qubit amplitude matrix $A$, the Wootters concurrence is $C(A)=2\|\det A\|$. The one-qubit reduced density $\rho$ obtained by partial trace satisfies $\operatorname{tr}\rho=\|A\|_F^2$ (hence $\operatorname{tr}\rho=1$ when $A$ is normalized) and $\det\rho=C(A)^2/4$. Thus $C(A)=0$ iff $\det A=0$, and $C(A)>0$ iff $\det\rho\neq 0$.

background

Pure two-qubit states may be written as $2\times 2$ complex amplitude matrices $A$. For pure bipartite qubit states the general Wootters concurrence collapses to $C(A)=2|\det A|$: entanglement is measured by how far $A$ is from rank one.

The reduced density on one factor is the partial trace $\rho=A A^\dagger$ (up to the usual reshaping). Its purity and mixedness are controlled by $\det\rho$. The module also tracks the squared Frobenius norm $|A|_F^2$, which equals $\operatorname{tr}\rho$ and normalizes pure states.

Setting is standard finite-dimensional QM, imported only from Mathlib. Downstream skeleton text states the intended physics link: entanglement entropy is positive exactly when concurrence is.

proof idea

Definition module plus short algebraic lemmas, not a deep forcing argument. Concurrence is introduced as $2|\det A|$; nonnegativity is immediate from the absolute value. Vanishing and positivity are rewritten as $\det A=0$ or not.

Reduced density is defined from $A$; trace identities equate $\operatorname{tr}\rho$ to the Frobenius norm squared and to $1$ under normalization. Determinant lemmas relate $\det\rho$ to $|\det A|^2$ and thence to $C(A)^2/4$. The last lemmas push positivity of $C$ to nonvanishing of $\det\rho$. All steps are direct matrix algebra.

why it matters in Recognition Science

Feeds the quantum facade and the skeleton chapter that claims Born-rule forcing from J-cost and that entanglement entropy is positive exactly when concurrence is. That skeleton still flags the canonical commutator and the eight-tick Weyl relation as open; this module only supplies the pure two-qubit entanglement side.

Also imported by Gravity.MasterTheorem (Track 7.A structural master statement). Concurrence and reduced-state determinant give a clean algebraic witness for bipartite entanglement inside larger RS quantum and gravity assemblies, without touching T5–T8 forcing or the RCL directly.

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