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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, plus the one-qubit reduced density and the elementary links among concurrence, det, and Frobenius norm. Quantum and gravity tracks cite these when they need entanglement positivity for pure bipartite states. Content is definition-and-lemma style over Mathlib matrix algebra.

claimFor a pure two-qubit amplitude matrix $A$, the Wootters concurrence is $C(A)=2\|\det A\|$. The reduced one-qubit density has $\det(\rho_A)=C(A)^2/4$, and $C(A)=0$ if and only if $\det A=0$.

background

Pure two-qubit states may be written as $2\times 2$ complex amplitude matrices $A$ (unnormalized until a trace or Frobenius condition is imposed). For pure bipartite states the general Wootters concurrence collapses to twice the absolute value of the determinant of that matrix: $C(A)=2|\det A|$.

The module also builds the reduced density on one factor by partial trace (equivalently, via the Gram/Frobenius data of $A$). Standard matrix identities then relate $\operatorname{Tr}(\rho_A)$, $\det(\rho_A)$, $|A|_F^2$, and $\det A$. Nonnegativity of concurrence is immediate from the absolute value; vanishing concurrence is equivalent to $\det A=0$ and hence to a product (separable) pure state.

The only import is Mathlib. No Recognition-native cost $J$ or $\phi$-ladder appears at this layer; the objects are ordinary finite-dimensional quantum algebra packaged for later RS use.

proof idea

Definition module with short algebraic lemmas, not a single deep theorem. concurrence is introduced as $2|\det A|$. Nonnegativity is immediate. Equivalences concurrence = 0 \Leftrightarrow \det A = 0 and the positive variants are determinant rewriting.

frobeniusNormSq and reducedDensity set up the partial-trace side. Trace identities equate $\operatorname{Tr}(\rho)$ to the Frobenius squared norm of $A$, and normalization of $A$ forces $\operatorname{Tr}(\rho)=1$. Determinant identities push $\det(\rho)$ through to $|\det A|^2$ and finally to $C(A)^2/4$, so positivity of concurrence is equivalent to nonvanishing reduced determinant. All steps are routine $2\times 2$ matrix algebra.

why it matters in Recognition Science

Skeleton.Quantum states that entanglement entropy is positive exactly when concurrence is; this module supplies the pure two-qubit concurrence side of that bridge and the det/reduced-density calculus behind it. The Quantum facade re-exports the layer as part of the recognition-derived quantum stack (Born rule, eight-tick Weyl, entanglement).

Gravity.MasterTheorem imports the module on the structural path of Track 7.A, so bipartite entanglement identities are available wherever the master gravity statement needs quantum-side positivity or separability control. Within RS, concurrence is the concrete pure-state entanglement monotone that matches the entropy story without postulating an extra axiom at the two-qubit level.

The module does not itself close the open D3 keystone (canonical commutator / eight-tick Weyl sorry); it only equips the entanglement half of the quantum skeleton.

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