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| contents | <p>This upload contains an 8-page note introducing <strong>Equivariant Window Embeddings (EWE)</strong>: a model-independent, symmetry-based diagnostic for detecting <strong>broken time-reversal symmetry / failure of detailed balance</strong> from <strong>finite trajectory data</strong>. The method maps two-sided trajectory windows into a feature space via an equivariant embedding <span><span>Φ\Phi</span><span><span><span>Φ</span></span></span></span> that commutes with time reversal, <span><span>Φ(Rω)=JΦ(ω)\Phi(R\omega)=J\Phi(\omega)</span><span><span><span>Φ</span><span>(</span><span>R</span><span>ω</span><span>)</span><span>=</span></span><span><span>J</span><span>Φ</span><span>(</span><span>ω</span><span>)</span></span></span></span>, and evaluates an observable <span><span>GG</span><span><span><span>G</span></span></span></span> that is odd under the induced involution, <span><span>G(Jv)=−G(v)G(Jv)=-G(v)</span><span><span><span>G</span><span>(</span><span>J</span><span>v</span><span>)</span><span>=</span></span><span><span>−</span><span>G</span><span>(</span><span>v</span><span>)</span></span></span></span>. The core result (Theorem 3.1) shows that under detailed balance the expectation <span><span>E[G(Φ(ω))]\mathbb{E}[G(\Phi(\omega))]</span><span><span><span>E</span><span>[</span><span>G</span><span>(</span><span>Φ</span><span>(</span><span>ω</span><span>))]</span></span></span></span> must vanish; therefore a statistically significant nonzero empirical mean provides a <strong>certificate of irreversibility</strong> and (in physical settings) <strong>nonzero entropy production</strong> without fitting parametric models or estimating forward–reverse likelihood ratios.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Equivariant Window Embeddings: A Symmetry-Based Diagnostic for Microscopic Reversibility He, William time-reversal symmetry detailed balance irreversibility entropy production Markov processes nonequilibrium time series equivariant features chaos diagnostics lattice gauge theory <p>This upload contains an 8-page note introducing <strong>Equivariant Window Embeddings (EWE)</strong>: a model-independent, symmetry-based diagnostic for detecting <strong>broken time-reversal symmetry / failure of detailed balance</strong> from <strong>finite trajectory data</strong>. The method maps two-sided trajectory windows into a feature space via an equivariant embedding <span><span>Φ\Phi</span><span><span><span>Φ</span></span></span></span> that commutes with time reversal, <span><span>Φ(Rω)=JΦ(ω)\Phi(R\omega)=J\Phi(\omega)</span><span><span><span>Φ</span><span>(</span><span>R</span><span>ω</span><span>)</span><span>=</span></span><span><span>J</span><span>Φ</span><span>(</span><span>ω</span><span>)</span></span></span></span>, and evaluates an observable <span><span>GG</span><span><span><span>G</span></span></span></span> that is odd under the induced involution, <span><span>G(Jv)=−G(v)G(Jv)=-G(v)</span><span><span><span>G</span><span>(</span><span>J</span><span>v</span><span>)</span><span>=</span></span><span><span>−</span><span>G</span><span>(</span><span>v</span><span>)</span></span></span></span>. The core result (Theorem 3.1) shows that under detailed balance the expectation <span><span>E[G(Φ(ω))]\mathbb{E}[G(\Phi(\omega))]</span><span><span><span>E</span><span>[</span><span>G</span><span>(</span><span>Φ</span><span>(</span><span>ω</span><span>))]</span></span></span></span> must vanish; therefore a statistically significant nonzero empirical mean provides a <strong>certificate of irreversibility</strong> and (in physical settings) <strong>nonzero entropy production</strong> without fitting parametric models or estimating forward–reverse likelihood ratios.</p> |
| title | Equivariant Window Embeddings: A Symmetry-Based Diagnostic for Microscopic Reversibility |
| topic | time-reversal symmetry detailed balance irreversibility entropy production Markov processes nonequilibrium time series equivariant features chaos diagnostics lattice gauge theory |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18126306 |