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Detecting Causality with the Links--Gould Polynomial

Vladimir Chernov , Matthew Harper , Ben-Michael Kohli This is my paper

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keywords causalityLinks-Gould polynomialAllen-Swenberg linksAlexander-Conway polynomialSeifert genusquantum invariantsspacetimeknot theory
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The Links-Gould polynomial distinguishes all Allen-Swenberg links from the unlink of causally unrelated events.

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The paper investigates whether certain link invariants can detect causality in 2+1-dimensional spacetimes based on the linking of light ray spheres. Prior work showed that Heegaard-Floer and Khovanov homology fully capture this notion of causality, but the Alexander-Conway polynomial does not for the family of Allen-Swenberg links. The authors prove that the Links-Gould polynomial, a quantum invariant specializing to the Alexander-Conway polynomial in two ways, succeeds in distinguishing all these links from the unlink representing causally unrelated events. This covers all known examples where the Alexander-Conway polynomial is insufficient. As a corollary, the Seifert genus is computed for the entire family of Allen-Swenberg links.

Core claim

We show that it distinguishes all the Allen-Swenberg links from the link of causally unrelated events and hence detects causality in all known examples where the Alexander-Conway polynomial is not sufficient. This suggests that it may completely capture causality.

What carries the argument

The Links-Gould polynomial, a quantum invariant that specializes to the Alexander-Conway polynomial in two different ways.

If this is right

  • The Links-Gould polynomial detects causality for all Allen-Swenberg links.
  • It works in cases where the Alexander-Conway polynomial does not.
  • The Seifert genus of all Allen-Swenberg links is computed as a corollary.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • A full categorification of the Links-Gould polynomial could provide even more detailed causality information.
  • Other quantum invariants might be checked for similar causality detection capabilities.
  • The approach could be extended to test causality in higher-dimensional spacetimes using analogous link constructions.

Load-bearing premise

The explicit Links-Gould polynomial evaluations on the Allen-Swenberg family are correct and distinguishability from the unlink suffices to conclude causal distinction.

What would settle it

Computing the Links-Gould polynomial for an Allen-Swenberg link and finding it equal to the unlink's polynomial value would falsify the distinction.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.15515 by Ben-Michael Kohli, Matthew Harper, Vladimir Chernov.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: The first Allen–Swenberg link AS(1). fibers over two distinct points of R 2 goes to a similar link consisting of two fibers over two distinct points of Σ. Thus links corresponding to the skies of two causally unrelated events go to the links corresponding to the skies of two causally unrelated events. This means that in the case where the Cauchy surface Σ ̸= S 2 , RP 2 completely captures causality, it is … view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Positively and negatively clasped antiparallel (2,6)-cablings of the trefoil [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: A disk-band decomposition of a Seifert surface for AS(1) with 6 disks, 11 handles and 3 boundary components. References [Arn] Vladimir I. Arnold. Problems. Written down by S. Duzhin, September 1998. [Arn04] Vladimir I. Arnold. Arnold’s problems. Springer-Verlag, Berlin; PHASIS, Moscow, revised edi￾tion, 2004. With a preface by V. Philippov, A. Yakivchik and M. Peters. [AS21] Samantha Allen and Jacob H. Swe… view at source ↗
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The conjectures of Low and Natario--Tod, and Penrose's question on Arnold's Problem list ask if causality in spacetimes can be formulated in terms of linking of spheres of light rays in the manifold of all light rays. For $(2+1)$-dimensional spacetimes, this link happens in the manifold coverable by a solid torus $S^1\times \mathbb R^2$. This was solved positively by Chernov and Nemirovski, which raises the question of which link invariants can be used to study causality. Chernov, Martin and Petkova proved that Heegaard--Floer and Khovanov homology completely capture causality. Allen--Swenberg conjectured that the Jones polynomial, which is obtained as an alternating Euler characteristic from Khovanov homology, is also sufficient. But they constructed complicated examples of links $\mathrm{AS}(n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ that suggest that the Alexander--Conway polynomial -- which is the Euler characteristic of Heegaard--Floer homology -- is not enough. The Links--Gould polynomial is a quantum invariant that specializes to the classical Alexander--Conway polynomial in two different ways and somewhat surprisingly inherits some of its characteristic classical features. We show that it distinguishes all the Allen-Swenberg links from the link of causally unrelated events and hence detects causality in all known examples where the Alexander--Conway polynomial is not sufficient. This suggests that it may completely capture causality. The work on the categorification of the Links--Gould Polynomial is an ongoing and hard problem, and it is not a subject of this paper. As a corollary, we also compute the Seifert genus of all Allen--Swenberg links.

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Referee Report

1 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript claims that the Links-Gould polynomial distinguishes every member of the Allen-Swenberg family AS(n) from the unlink, thereby detecting causality in (2+1)-dimensional spacetimes in all known cases where the Alexander-Conway polynomial fails. The argument invokes prior theorems of Chernov-Nemirovski and Chernov-Martin-Petkova to convert non-equality of invariants into a causality statement, performs explicit evaluations of the two-variable Links-Gould polynomial on the AS(n) diagrams, and derives the Seifert genus of each AS(n) as a corollary.

Significance. If the explicit evaluations are correct, the result supplies a concrete quantum invariant that succeeds where the Alexander-Conway polynomial does not, thereby strengthening the link between quantum topology and the Low-Natário-Tod/Penrose causality questions. The Seifert-genus corollary is a useful topological byproduct. The manuscript is appropriately cautious in noting that a categorification of the Links-Gould polynomial remains open.

major comments (1)
  1. [§4] §4 (explicit evaluations of LG on AS(n)): the central claim that LG(AS(n)) differs from the unlink value for every n rests on the paper's computations. A detailed skein-relation calculation for at least one representative n, together with the resulting two-variable polynomial or a clear statement of the specialization that yields non-equality, is required to verify the load-bearing step.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Introduction] The introduction should explicitly recall the precise statement of the Chernov-Nemirovski theorem that converts link non-equality into a causality distinction.
  2. Notation for the two specializations of the Links-Gould polynomial to the Alexander-Conway polynomial should be introduced once and used consistently.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for their constructive feedback. We are pleased that the referee recognizes the significance of our results in connecting the Links-Gould polynomial to causality detection. Below, we provide a point-by-point response to the major comment and outline the revisions we will make.

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  1. Referee: [§4] §4 (explicit evaluations of LG on AS(n)): the central claim that LG(AS(n)) differs from the unlink value for every n rests on the paper's computations. A detailed skein-relation calculation for at least one representative n, together with the resulting two-variable polynomial or a clear statement of the specialization that yields non-equality, is required to verify the load-bearing step.

    Authors: We agree that including an explicit, step-by-step verification would make the central computation easier to check. In the revised manuscript we will add a complete skein-relation calculation for the representative case AS(1). We will display the resulting two-variable Links-Gould polynomial, indicate the specialization that produces a non-zero difference from the unlink value, and note that the same recursive pattern applies for general n. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; new evaluations on AS(n) use independent prior theorems

full rationale

The paper's central step is the explicit computation of the Links-Gould polynomial on the Allen-Swenberg family AS(n), showing it differs from the unlink value. This is then combined with prior external results (Chernov-Nemirovski and Chernov-Martin-Petkova) that convert such a distinction into a causality detection statement. Those prior theorems are cited as established facts and are not re-derived here; the current work adds the new invariant evaluations rather than fitting parameters or redefining quantities in terms of themselves. Self-citations exist but are not load-bearing for the distinction claim itself, which rests on direct algebraic computation rather than a self-referential loop. No equation or definition reduces the reported distinction to a tautology or fitted input by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on two external theorems about homology detecting causality and on the correctness of new polynomial evaluations; no free parameters or new entities are introduced.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Heegaard-Floer and Khovanov homology completely capture causality (Chernov-Martin-Petkova).
    Invoked to frame the question of which weaker invariants suffice.
  • domain assumption The Low-Natario-Tod and Penrose conjectures correctly translate causality into linking of light-ray spheres.
    Provides the physical interpretation of the link distinction.

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    We show that it distinguishes all the Allen-Swenberg links from the link of causally unrelated events and hence detects causality in all known examples where the Alexander-Conway polynomial is not sufficient.

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