The causal set reduction formula
High Energy Physics - Theory
2026-07-06 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We derive a reduction formula for matrix elements on a causal set background. We derive an infinite tower of relations between correlators, akin to the Schwinger-Dyson equations of the continuum. Combining these two results we are able to express matrix elements in three different forms: as a path integral and as two distinct sums of correlators. We sketch the form that our method - which circumvents explicit use of differential equation of motion operators - takes in flat continuum spacetime where it provides an alternative expression for the standard LSZ result.
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@article{arxiv.2607.04980,
title = {The causal set reduction formula},
author = {Stav Zalel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.04980},
year = {2026}
}
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21 pages