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fix purity phrasing
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docs/src/asymptotic.md

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page = 2d / (d^2 + 1)
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asymptotic(page, d, 5)
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# Output: 2/d - 2/d^3 + 2/d^5
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# Leading 2/dpurity approaches 1/d (maximally mixed)
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# Leading 2/d: purity is O(1/d); maximally mixed would be exactly 1/d
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```
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```julia

docs/src/qi_helpers.md

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page_purity = 2n / (n^2 + 1)
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asymptotic(page_purity, n, 5)
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# Output: 2/n - 2/n^3 + 2/n^5
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# Leading term: 2/n → subsystem approaches maximally mixed state
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# Leading term: 2/n (same O(1/n) scaling as maximally mixed purity 1/n)
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```
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> [!NOTE]
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> For large subsystems, the leading term $2/n$ shows the purity approaches
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> $1/n$ (the maximally mixed value), confirming that Haar-random pure states
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> are nearly maximally entangled — the core of Page's theorem.
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> For large subsystems, the purity is order $1/n$:
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> $\mathbb{E}[\mathrm{tr}(\rho_A^2)] = 2/n + O(1/n^3)$ for equal bipartitions.
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> A maximally mixed $n$-dimensional state has purity exactly $1/n$, so this
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> result indicates highly mixed (and nearly maximally entangled) subsystems,
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> not equality with the maximally mixed value.
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## See Also
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txt/manuscript.tex

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# Output: 2/n - 2/n^3 + 2/n^5
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\end{lstlisting}
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The leading term $2/n$ shows that the subsystem approaches the maximally mixed
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state (purity $1/n$) as the dimension grows, which is the core of Page's
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theorem: a random subsystem is nearly maximally entangled. The subleading
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The leading term $2/n$ shows that the subsystem purity is of order $1/n$ as the
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dimension grows. For comparison, a maximally mixed $n$-dimensional state has
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purity exactly $1/n$, so Page's law indicates highly mixed (and thus nearly
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maximally entangled) reduced states rather than equality with the maximally
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mixed value. The subleading
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corrections $-2/n^3 + \cdots$ quantify the finite-size deviations from
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maximal entanglement. Such expansions automate the derivation of scaling laws
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where manual simplification of the underlying Weingarten sums would be

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