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On the growing universe of causal set theory – an order-type approach

Placek, Tomasz and Wronski, Leszek (2024) On the growing universe of causal set theory – an order-type approach. Found Phys, 54 (42).

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Abstract

We investigate a model of becoming – Classical Sequential Growth (CSG) – that has been proposed within the framework of causal sets (causets), with the latter defined as order types of certain partial orderings. To investigate how causets grow, we introduce special sequences of causets, which we call “csg-paths”. We prove a number of results concerning relations between csg-paths and causets. These results paint a highly non-trivial picture of csg-paths. There are uncountably many csg-paths, all of them sharing the same beginning, after which they branch. Every infinite csg-path achieves in the limit an infinite causet, and vice versa, every infinite causet is achieved in the limit by an infinite csg-path. However, coalescing csg-paths, i.e., ones that achieve the same causet even after forking off at some point, are ubiquitous.


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Item Type: Published Article or Volume
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Placek, Tomasztomasz.placek@uj.edu.pl0000-0002-8566-7749
Wronski, Leszekleszek.wronski@uj.edu.pl0000-0002-7152-4544
Keywords: causal sets; classical sequential growth; possible evolutions
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Depositing User: Tomasz Placek
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2024 14:59
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2024 14:59
Item ID: 23666
Journal or Publication Title: Found Phys
Publisher: Springer
Official URL: https://rdcu.be/dMxPF
DOI or Unique Handle: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-024-00767-5
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Date: 2 July 2024
Volume: 54
Number: 42
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23666

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