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Collapse judges impossibility on absolute rather than relative mass · case 04
A valid state stored with amplitudes around 1e-7 is reported as "impossible" although the outcome has probability 0.64.
Case contract
Input [n, amps, q, outcome]; measure qubit q (0 = LSB) of the possibly unnormalized state. Return {"probability": p, "state": post} with p normalized by the total squared norm and the post-measurement state renormalized to unit norm with the other branch zeroed; values rounded to 6 decimals. Return "impossible" when p < 1e-12.
Why this case matters
Mid-circuit measurement and collapse drive dynamic circuits; wrong renormalization breaks every later probability.
One recorded failure
Sample boundary fixtureThis sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.
| Boundary fixture | Actual | Expected | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| regression: tiny norm state | "impossible" | {"probability": 0.64, "state": [[0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 1.0]]} | Failed |
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