Classification of digital affine noncommutative geometries
Abstract
It is known that connected translation invariant -dimensional noncommutative differentials on the algebra of polynomials in -variables over a field are classified by commutative algebras on the vector space spanned by the coordinates. This data also applies to construct differentials on the Heisenberg algebra `spacetime' with relations where is an antisymmetric matrix as well as to Lie algebras with pre-Lie algebra structures. We specialise the general theory to the field of two elements, in which case translation invariant metrics (i.e. with constant coefficients) are equivalent to making a Frobenius algebras. We classify all of these and their quantum Levi-Civita bimodule connections for , with partial results for . For we find 3 inequivalent differential structures admitting 1,2 and 3 invariant metrics respectively. For we find 6 differential structures admitting invariant metrics respectively. We give some examples for and general . Surprisingly, not all our geometries for have zero quantum Riemann curvature. Quantum gravity is normally seen as a weighted `sum' over all possible metrics but our results are a step towards a deeper approach in which we must also `sum' over differential structures. Over we construct some of our algebras and associated structures by digital gates, opening up the possibility of `digital geometry'.
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@article{arxiv.1701.06919,
title = {Classification of digital affine noncommutative geometries},
author = {Shahn Majid and Anna Pachol},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06919},
year = {2018}
}
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