Discuss physics perspective
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## Separation
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Elements don't interact directly with each other, and constraints don't interact directly with each other either. In other words, the graph of direct interactions among elements and constraints is bipartite.
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### General thoughts
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* In physics, there's a long and successful tradition of thinking about states and observables as distinct and dual to each other.
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* Specifying consistent values for enough observables picks out a state.
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* Elements correspond to state space building blocks.
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* Elements don't interact directly with each other, and constraints don't interact directly with each other either. In other words, the graph of direct interactions among elements and constraints is bipartite.
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### Contrasts
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## Unification
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In some physics settings, states can at least resemble observables.
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* A random variable is a function on a measurable space, while a probability distribution is a measure. When the measurable space is finite, however, you can express every probability distribution as a function too, which multiplies the counting measure.
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* In a finite-dimensional quantum system, states can be expressed as density operators.
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Can we realize constraints as geometric objects? For example:
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* A real angle constraint might be seen as a pair of infinitesimal ribbons crossing at a fixed angle along a circle
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