Discrete dynamics and supergeometry

Abstract We formulate a geometric measurement theory of dynamical classical systems possessing both continuous and discrete degrees of freedom. The approach is covariant with respect to choices of clocks and naturally incorporates laboratories. The latter are embedded symplectic submanifolds of an o...

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Main Authors: Subhobrata Chatterjee, Andrew Waldron, Cem Yetişmişoğlu
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-09-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2024)164
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description Abstract We formulate a geometric measurement theory of dynamical classical systems possessing both continuous and discrete degrees of freedom. The approach is covariant with respect to choices of clocks and naturally incorporates laboratories. The latter are embedded symplectic submanifolds of an odd-dimensional symplectic structure. When suitably defined, symplectic geometry in odd dimensions is exactly the structure needed for covariance. A fundamentally probabilistic viewpoint allows classical supergeometries to describe discrete dynamics. We solve the problem of how to construct probabilistic measures on supermanifolds given a (possibly odd dimensional) supersymplectic structure. This relies on a superanalog of the Hodge star for differential forms and a description of probabilities by convex cones. We also show how stochastic processes such as Markov chains can be described by supergeometry.
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spelling doaj-art-d4c8faecce6f43a1b9e10b184525b2c82024-12-08T12:14:52ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-09-012024914610.1007/JHEP09(2024)164Discrete dynamics and supergeometrySubhobrata Chatterjee0Andrew Waldron1Cem Yetişmişoğlu2Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of CaliforniaCenter for Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP) and Department of Mathematics, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Mathematics, İstanbul Technical UniversityAbstract We formulate a geometric measurement theory of dynamical classical systems possessing both continuous and discrete degrees of freedom. The approach is covariant with respect to choices of clocks and naturally incorporates laboratories. The latter are embedded symplectic submanifolds of an odd-dimensional symplectic structure. When suitably defined, symplectic geometry in odd dimensions is exactly the structure needed for covariance. A fundamentally probabilistic viewpoint allows classical supergeometries to describe discrete dynamics. We solve the problem of how to construct probabilistic measures on supermanifolds given a (possibly odd dimensional) supersymplectic structure. This relies on a superanalog of the Hodge star for differential forms and a description of probabilities by convex cones. We also show how stochastic processes such as Markov chains can be described by supergeometry.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2024)164Differential and Algebraic GeometryRandom SystemsStochastic ProcessesSuperspaces
spellingShingle Subhobrata Chatterjee
Andrew Waldron
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Discrete dynamics and supergeometry
Journal of High Energy Physics
Differential and Algebraic Geometry
Random Systems
Stochastic Processes
Superspaces
title Discrete dynamics and supergeometry
title_full Discrete dynamics and supergeometry
title_fullStr Discrete dynamics and supergeometry
title_full_unstemmed Discrete dynamics and supergeometry
title_short Discrete dynamics and supergeometry
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topic Differential and Algebraic Geometry
Random Systems
Stochastic Processes
Superspaces
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2024)164
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