English

Topological and Time Dependence of the Action-Complexity Relation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-07-13 v4

Abstract

We consider the dependence of the recently proposed action/complexity duality conjecture on time and on the underlying topology of the bulk spacetime. For the former, we compute the dependence of the CFT complexity on a boundary temporal parameter and find it to be commensurate with corresponding computations carried out in terms of the rate of change of the bulk action on a Wheeler deWitt (WDW) patch. For the latter, we compare the action/complexity relation for (d+1)(d+1)-dimensional Schwarzschild AdS black holes to those of their geon counterparts, obtained via topological identification in the bulk spacetime. The complexity/action duality holds in both cases, but with the proportionality changed by a factor of 4, indicating sensitivity to spacetime topology.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1804.07333,
  title  = {Topological and Time Dependence of the Action-Complexity Relation},
  author = {Musema Sinamuli and Robert B. Mann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.07333},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-23T01:29:11.246Z