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Classification of digital affine noncommutative geometries

Differential Geometry 2018-04-04 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

It is known that connected translation invariant nn-dimensional noncommutative differentials dxid x^i on the algebra k[x1,,xn]k[x^1,\cdots,x^n] of polynomials in nn-variables over a field kk are classified by commutative algebras VV on the vector space spanned by the coordinates. This data also applies to construct differentials on the Heisenberg algebra `spacetime' with relations [xμ,xν]=λΘμν[x^\mu,x^\nu]=\lambda\Theta^{\mu\nu} where Θ \Theta is an antisymmetric matrix as well as to Lie algebras with pre-Lie algebra structures. We specialise the general theory to the field k= F2k={\ \mathbb{F}}_2 of two elements, in which case translation invariant metrics (i.e. with constant coefficients) are equivalent to making VV a Frobenius algebras. We classify all of these and their quantum Levi-Civita bimodule connections for n=2,3n=2,3, with partial results for n=4n=4. For n=2n=2 we find 3 inequivalent differential structures admitting 1,2 and 3 invariant metrics respectively. For n=3n=3 we find 6 differential structures admitting 0,1,2,3,4,70,1,2,3,4,7 invariant metrics respectively. We give some examples for n=4n=4 and general nn. Surprisingly, not all our geometries for n2n\ge 2 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 F2{\mathbb{F}}_2 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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