An Interpretation for the Equivalence of Two Holographic Computations of the Butterfly Velocity with the Canonical Formalism of Gravity

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Main Authors: Deng, Feiyu, Wang, Xiao-Shuai, Wu, Jie-qiang
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author Deng, Feiyu
Wang, Xiao-Shuai
Wu, Jie-qiang
author_facet Deng, Feiyu
Wang, Xiao-Shuai
Wu, Jie-qiang
contents In this paper, we revisit the equivalence of two holographic computations of the butterfly velocity: the computation with the shock wave solution and the computation with the entanglement wedge reconstruction. We provide an interpretation for the equivalence of the two computations with the canonical formalism of gravity. Specifically, by taking use of the canonical formalism, we reformulate both computations into the ones with a similar form. Here, in both reformulated computations, the butterfly velocity is computed from applying a given set of initial data into the constraint equations. And the sets of initial data of both computations have a similar structure. We then interpret the equivalence of the two computations as from the similar form of the reformulated computations.
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spellingShingle An Interpretation for the Equivalence of Two Holographic Computations of the Butterfly Velocity with the Canonical Formalism of Gravity
Deng, Feiyu
Wang, Xiao-Shuai
Wu, Jie-qiang
High Energy Physics - Theory
In this paper, we revisit the equivalence of two holographic computations of the butterfly velocity: the computation with the shock wave solution and the computation with the entanglement wedge reconstruction. We provide an interpretation for the equivalence of the two computations with the canonical formalism of gravity. Specifically, by taking use of the canonical formalism, we reformulate both computations into the ones with a similar form. Here, in both reformulated computations, the butterfly velocity is computed from applying a given set of initial data into the constraint equations. And the sets of initial data of both computations have a similar structure. We then interpret the equivalence of the two computations as from the similar form of the reformulated computations.
title An Interpretation for the Equivalence of Two Holographic Computations of the Butterfly Velocity with the Canonical Formalism of Gravity
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04498