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Section 4 4 October 2026

Local controls and fixed interactions

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4 Local controls and fixed interactions

Local scalar controls initially give Cc∞(R3)\Cc(\R^3) annihilators in each particle block. By lemma 3.2, the assignment is covariant under independent compactly supported coordinate flows on the particles. We now use that covariance to expose the interaction.

Lemma 4.1 (Mixed conjugation)

For an edge {i,j}\{i,j\}, and compactly supported one-body diffeomorphisms F,GF,G generated by flows on particles i,ji,j, respectively, the function

MF,G(qi,qj)=Wij(F(qi),G(qj))−Wij(F(qi),qj)−Wij(qi,G(qj))+Wij(qi,qj)\begin{align}M_{F,G}(q_i,q_j)={}&W_{ij}(F(q_i),G(q_j)) -W_{ij}(F(q_i),q_j)\notag\\ &-W_{ij}(q_i,G(q_j))+W_{ij}(q_i,q_j) \tag{4.1}\end{align}

belongs to A\Acal. In particular, for u,v∈Cc∞(R3;R3)u,v\in\Cc(\R^3;\R^3),

∑a,bua(qi)vb(qj)∂i,a∂j,bWij(qi,qj)∈A. \sum_{a,b}u^a(q_i)v^b(q_j) \partial_{i,a}\partial_{j,b}W_{ij}(q_i,q_j)\in\Acal. (4.2)
Proof

Set HF=UF−1HUFH^F=U_F^{-1}HU_F, using the block half-density action, and similarly for G,FGG,FG. Covariance (3.7) transfers the statistical evolution identity for HH to HFH^F. To see precisely which current is transferred, a real half-density coordinate conjugation of −Δ/2-\Delta/2 has the form

−12∂α(aαβ∂β)+Vreal,a=(DF)−1(DF)−T. -\tfrac12\partial_\alpha(a^{\alpha\beta}\partial_\beta)+V_{\mathrm{real}}, \qquad a=(DF)^{-1}(DF)^{-T}.

Its current is aαβIm⁡(Ψ‾∂βΨ)a^{\alpha\beta}\operatorname{Im}(\overline\Psi\partial_\beta\Psi). Explicitly, if vFΨv_F^\Psi denotes the conjugated velocity, then

vFΨ(q)=DF(q)−1vUFΨ(F(q))=a(q)Im⁡(Ψ‾(q)∇Ψ(q))∣Ψ(q)∣2. v_F^\Psi(q)=DF(q)^{-1}v^{U_F\Psi}(F(q)) =\frac{a(q)\operatorname{Im}(\overline\Psi(q)\nabla\Psi(q))}{|\Psi(q)|^2}.

The Jacobian half-density factor is real and hence contributes no imaginary phase gradient. Changing variables in the continuity equation transfers the assigned-density identity with this same velocity. Only the metric in the transformed particle block changes.

The operator difference

HFG−HF−HG+H H^{FG}-H^F-H^G+H

therefore has zero kinetic part. All one-body terms cancel. All pair terms except WijW_{ij} cancel as well, leaving exactly multiplication by (4.1). The same mixed difference of the four currents is zero, block by block. Subtracting the four transferred statistical identities gives DPΨ[−iMF,GΨ]=0D\Pcal_\Psi[-iM_{F,G}\Psi]=0.

Take F=FsuF=F_s^u, G=FtvG=F_t^v, divide by stst, and let s,t→0s,t\to0. The limit is (4.2). The mixed differences and their derivatives have common compact support in the two active blocks; the other coordinates are spectators only in this multiplier estimate. Taylor's formula gives convergence on every Schwartz tangent vector. Thus (3.2) applies.

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Lemma 4.2 (Edge saturation)

If (2.2) holds, every real function in Cc∞(R3×R3)\Cc(\R^3\times\R^3), viewed as a multiplier in the edge variables, belongs to A\Acal.

Proof

Some component c=∂i,a∂j,bWijc=\partial_{i,a}\partial_{j,b}W_{ij} is nonzero on a product of sufficiently small balls Bi×BjB_i\times B_j. Taking u=fea,v=gebu=f e_a,v=g e_b in (4.2) gives f(qi)g(qj)c(qi,qj)∈Af(q_i)g(q_j)c(q_i,q_j)\in\Acal. For hh compactly supported inside that product, h/ch/c is smooth there. Finite sums of separated compact functions approximate it in C∞C^\infty, with common compact support. For example, extend it to a box, approximate its smooth periodic extension by Fourier partial sums, and multiply by fixed cutoffs in the two variables. Multiplication by cc and (3.2) give h∈Ah\in\Acal.

Annihilator identities are invariant under pullback by the one-body coordinate transports: differentiate (3.7) along a phase variation. Independent compact diffeomorphisms can move any sufficiently small pair of balls to this nonvanishing product. Pullback therefore gives all compact multipliers in every such product cell. A finite partition of unity on the support of a target function proves the result globally.

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The remaining step combines overlapping edge variables. We include the elementary local factorization that makes this step exact.

Lemma 4.3 (Gradient-product factorization)

On a Euclidean open set, every real compact smooth function is a finite sum of terms ∇a⋅∇b\nabla a\cdot\nabla b, with a,ba,b compactly supported in that open set.

Proof

A finite partition reduces the question to a small box with room to spare in a larger box. Write its coordinates as (x1,x′)(x_1,x'), let H(x′)=∫f(t,x′) dtH(x')=\int f(t,x')\,dt, and choose a unit-integral bump α(x1)\alpha(x_1) in a spare interval disjoint from the x1x_1-projection of supp⁡f\supp f. Then

a(x1,x′)=∫−∞x1(f(t,x′)−α(t)H(x′)) dt a(x_1,x')=\int_{-\infty}^{x_1} \big(f(t,x')-\alpha(t)H(x')\big)\,dt

is compactly supported. Choose a compact function β(x1)\beta(x_1) whose derivative is one on the projection of supp⁡f\supp f, zero on supp⁡α\supp\alpha, and has its compensating integral in another spare interval. Let χ(x′)\chi(x') be one near the transverse support of aa and put b=βχb=\beta\chi. Transverse derivative products vanish, whereas ∂1a ∂1b=(f−αH)β′=f\partial_1a\,\partial_1b=(f-\alpha H)\beta'=f. All supports fit in the larger box. Summation proves the lemma.

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Proposition 4.4 (Connected-graph saturation)

Under the hypotheses of theorem 2.1,

Cc∞(R3N;R)⊂A. \Cc(\R^{3N};\R)\subset\Acal.
Proof

Induct along a spanning tree. One-body and edge multipliers are available. Suppose all compact multipliers on a connected collection SS of particle blocks are available, and attach a new particle jj by an edge at i∈Si\in S. For compact one-body factors fkf_k, apply lemma 4.3 to the desired factor on block ii, writing fi=∑ℓ∇aℓ⋅∇bℓf_i=\sum_\ell\nabla a_\ell\cdot\nabla b_\ell. Then

Γ(aℓ(qi) ⁣ ⁣∏k∈S∖{i} ⁣ ⁣fk(qk),bℓ(qi)fj(qj))=(∇aℓ⋅∇bℓ)(qi)∏k∈(S∪{j})∖{i}fk(qk). \Gamma\left(a_\ell(q_i)\!\!\prod_{k\in S\setminus\{i\}}\!\!f_k(q_k), b_\ell(q_i)f_j(q_j)\right) =(\nabla a_\ell\cdot\nabla b_\ell)(q_i) \prod_{k\in(S\cup\{j\})\setminus\{i\}}f_k(q_k).

Only the shared block contributes. The two inputs are available by induction and edge saturation, so lemma 3.1 gives the desired separated product after summation. Separated compact functions are C∞C^\infty-dense, with common blockwise compact supports, in compact functions on these blocks, by the Fourier-cutoff argument in lemma 4.2. This is convergence after multiplication by each fixed Schwartz state, including spectator variables. Thus (3.2) completes the induction.

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Proof of theorem 2.1

Use proposition 4.4, proposition 3.3 in dimension 3N≥23N\ge2. For N=1N=1, one-body controls already give full scalar saturation. lemma A.1 below supplies normalized nowhere-zero approximations; A4 and (2.4) then extend the equality of measures to every state. Undoing mass scaling gives (1.1).

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The proof has generated identities for a statistical functional, including identities associated with joint multipliers. None of the mixed conjugations, brackets, or density limits is a claim that an additional joint potential has been physically implemented. Only the controls quantified in (2.3) are physical inputs.