Lubkin-Page typicality bounds for Type~II von~Neumann factors
Abstract
Typicality arguments for emergent spacetime rely on the Lubkin-Page bounds, which show that generic quantum states have vanishing correlations between subsystems. These bounds assume a tensor-product Hilbert space (a Type~I von~Neumann algebra), but the observable algebras in quantum field theory and quantum gravity are generically Type~II or Type~III, raising the question of whether the bounds survive. We prove that they do for all Type~II von~Neumann factors. For the hyperfinite Type~II factor with a tripartite decomposition , the mutual information between subsystems and vanishes as in finite-dimensional approximations, provided (Theorem~1). For Type~II factors, including the gravitational algebras constructed via the crossed-product method by Witten and by Chandrasekaran, Longo, Penington, and Witten, the bound acquires an additional exponential suppression controlled by the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy (Theorem~2). We identify the obstructions to extending the result to Type~III factors and discuss the open question of whether the commutant of the observable algebra can serve as a natural thermal bath that tightens the bound further.
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@article{arxiv.2607.01873,
title = {Lubkin-Page typicality bounds for Type~II von~Neumann factors},
author = {Zhi-Wei Wang and Samuel L. Braunstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.01873},
year = {2026}
}
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