Detecting Causality with Symplectic Quandles

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author Jain, Ayush
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contents We investigate the capability of Symplectic quandles to detect causality for (2+1)-dimensional globally hyperbolic spacetimes (X). Allen and Swenberg showed that Alexander-Conway polynomial is insufficient to distinguish connected sum of two Hopf links from the links in the family of Allen-Swenberg 2-sky like links, suggesting that it can not always detect causality in X. We find that symplectic quandles, combined with Alexander-Conway polynomial, can distinguish these two type of links, thereby suggesting their ability to detect causality in X. The fact that symplectic quandles can capture causality in the Allen-Swenberg example is intriguing since the theorem of Chernov and Nemirovski, which states that Legendrian linking equals causality, is proved using Contact Geometry methods.
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spellingShingle Detecting Causality with Symplectic Quandles
Jain, Ayush
Geometric Topology
Mathematical Physics
We investigate the capability of Symplectic quandles to detect causality for (2+1)-dimensional globally hyperbolic spacetimes (X). Allen and Swenberg showed that Alexander-Conway polynomial is insufficient to distinguish connected sum of two Hopf links from the links in the family of Allen-Swenberg 2-sky like links, suggesting that it can not always detect causality in X. We find that symplectic quandles, combined with Alexander-Conway polynomial, can distinguish these two type of links, thereby suggesting their ability to detect causality in X. The fact that symplectic quandles can capture causality in the Allen-Swenberg example is intriguing since the theorem of Chernov and Nemirovski, which states that Legendrian linking equals causality, is proved using Contact Geometry methods.
title Detecting Causality with Symplectic Quandles
topic Geometric Topology
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06853