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arxiv: 1705.00373 · v1 · pith:QHZK2VXVnew · submitted 2017-04-30 · ✦ hep-th

A p-adic version of AdS/CFT

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keywords adicfieldholographicnumberstheoriestheorychallengesclassical
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In this summary of my talk at Strings 2016, I explain how classical dynamics on an infinite tree graph can be dual to a conformal field theory defined over the $p$-adic numbers. An informal introduction to $p$-adic numbers is followed by a presentation of results on holographic three- and four-point functions. The simplicity of $p$-adic field theories and their similarity to ordinary field theories are illustrated through comparisons of holographic correlators and computations of simple loop diagrams on the field theory side. I close with a discussion of challenges and directions for future work.

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