pith. sign in

arxiv: 0901.0242 · v2 · pith:VHIX7FQ4new · submitted 2009-01-02 · 🧮 math.CO · math.PR

Order-invariant measures on fixed causal sets

classification 🧮 math.CO math.PR
keywords causalnaturalextensionmeasureselementsextensionslinearorder-invariant
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

A causal set is a countably infinite poset in which every element is above finitely many others; causal sets are exactly the posets that have a linear extension with the order-type of the natural numbers -- we call such a linear extension a {\em natural extension}. We study probability measures on the set of natural extensions of a causal set, especially those measures having the property of {\em order-invariance}: if we condition on the set of the bottom $k$ elements of the natural extension, each possible ordering among these $k$ elements is equally likely. We give sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of an order-invariant measure on the set of natural extensions of a causal set.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.