Order-invariant measures on fixed causal sets

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Abstract

A causal set is a countably infinite poset in which every element is above finitely many others; causal sets are exactly the posets that have a linear extension with the order-type of the natural numbers; we call such a linear extension a natural extension. We study probability measures on the set of natural extensions of a causal set, especially those measures having the property of order-invariance: if we condition on the set of the bottom k elements of the natural extension, each feasible ordering among these k elements is equally likely. We give sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of an order-invariant measure on the set of natural extensions of a causal set.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)330-357
Number of pages28
JournalCombinatorics Probability & Computing
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jan 2012

Keywords

  • Primary 06A07
  • 60C05

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