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Renormalization Group Is the Principle behind the Holographic Entropy Cone

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-01-13 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We show that every holographic entropy inequality can be recast in the form: "some entanglement wedges reach deeper in the bulk than some other entanglement wedges." When the inequality is saturated, the two sets of wedges reach equally deep. Because bulk depth geometrizes CFT scales, the inequalities enforce and protect the holographic Renormalization Group.

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@article{arxiv.2601.02472,
  title  = {Renormalization Group Is the Principle behind the Holographic Entropy Cone},
  author = {Bartlomiej Czech and Sirui Shuai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02472},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

20 pages plus appendices, 3 figures. v2: typos in two equations corrected