Fixed-PVM Born Rule Uniqueness from Fisher Non-Expansion and Operational Calibration
Abstract
Fix a finite dimension and a fixed rank-1 PVM on . Let be a readout map on pure states. We prove that three primitives force the Born rule for this fixed measurement: (i) square-root regularity of along Fubini-Study geodesics, (ii) the universal readout Cramer-Rao bound on smooth pure-state curves, and (iii) operational calibration on basis preparations . The geometric core is a rigidity theorem for Fisher-non-expanding self-maps of the probability simplex: after conjugation by the square-root chart, such maps become round-metric 1-Lipschitz self-maps of the positive spherical orthant, and vertex fixing forces the identity. The main readout theorem is dimensionwise, fixed-PVM, and pure-state only. Escort-class Born uniqueness and the Markov/coarse-graining routes appear as corollaries or alternative routes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.27339,
title = {Fixed-PVM Born Rule Uniqueness from Fisher Non-Expansion and Operational Calibration},
author = {Aaron Lax},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27339},
year = {2026}
}
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