Complexity, action, and black holes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-05-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Quantum Physics
Abstract
Our earlier paper "Complexity Equals Action" conjectured that the quantum computational complexity of a holographic state is given by the classical action of a region in the bulk (the "Wheeler-DeWitt" patch). We provide calculations for the results quoted in that paper, explain how it fits into a broader (tensor) network of ideas, and elaborate on the hypothesis that black holes are the fastest computers in nature.
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@article{arxiv.1512.04993,
title = {Complexity, action, and black holes},
author = {Adam R. Brown and Daniel A. Roberts and Leonard Susskind and Brian Swingle and Ying Zhao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.04993},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
55+14 pages, many figures. v2: (so many) typos fixed, references added