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BGW.ContinuumTrees.Coding

The pseudodistance coded by a continuous function #

For a continuous real function g on the unit interval, intervalMin g s t is its minimum between s and t, and codingDist g s t = g s + g t - 2 * intervalMin g s t. We prove attainment of the minimum, its order properties, the pseudometric identities, and continuity in the two time variables. No sign or endpoint condition is needed for these results.

These are the deterministic distance formulas of milestone C1. The metric quotient and its compactness are separate from the further proofs that it is a real tree and carries the excursion's root and mass measure.

The minimum of the coding function on the unordered closed interval between two times.

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    The infimum in intervalMin is attained on its nonempty compact interval.

    theorem BGW.ContinuumTrees.Coding.le_intervalMin (g : C(↑unitInterval, ℝ)) (s t : ↑unitInterval) {a : ℝ} (ha : ∀ r ∈ Set.uIcc s t, a ≤ g r) :

    Any lower bound on the coding function along the interval bounds its minimum.

    Splitting at an arbitrary third time gives the lower bound needed for the triangle inequality.

    The real-valued pseudodistance coded by g.

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      The interval minimum is continuous as both endpoints vary.

      The coding pseudodistance is continuous in the original topology of the time interval.