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Generating families of surface triangulations. The case of punctured surfaces with inner degree at least 4
We present two versions of a method for generating all triangulations of any
punctured surface in each of these two families: (1) triangulations with inner
vertices of degree at least 4 and boundary vertices of degree at least 3 and
(2) triangulations with all vertices of degree at least 4. The method is based
on a series of reversible operations, termed reductions, which lead to a
minimal set of triangulations in each family. Throughout the process the
triangulations remain within the corresponding family. Moreover, for the family
(1) these operations reduce to the well-known edge contractions and removals of
octahedra. The main results are proved by an exhaustive analysis of all
possible local configurations which admit a reduction.Comment: This work has been partially supported by PAI FQM-164; PAI FQM-189;
MTM 2010-2044
A better upper bound on the number of triangulations of a planar point set
We show that a point set of cardinality in the plane cannot be the vertex
set of more than straight-edge triangulations of its convex
hull. This improves the previous upper bound of .Comment: 6 pages, 1 figur
On the Absence of an Exponential Bound in Four Dimensional Simplicial Gravity
We have studied a model which has been proposed as a regularisation for four
dimensional quantum gravity. The partition function is constructed by
performing a weighted sum over all triangulations of the four sphere. Using
numerical simulation we find that the number of such triangulations containing
simplices grows faster than exponentially with . This property ensures
that the model has no thermodynamic limit.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
Quantum Gravity, or The Art of Building Spacetime
The method of four-dimensional Causal Dynamical Triangulations provides a
background-independent definition of the sum over geometries in quantum
gravity, in the presence of a positive cosmological constant. We present the
evidence accumulated to date that a macroscopic four-dimensional world can
emerge from this theory dynamically. Using computer simulations we observe in
the Euclidean sector a universe whose scale factor exhibits the same dynamics
as that of the simplest mini-superspace models in quantum cosmology, with the
distinction that in the case of causal dynamical triangulations the effective
action for the scale factor is not put in by hand but obtained by integrating
out {\it in the quantum theory} the full set of dynamical degrees of freedom
except for the scale factor itself.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures. Contribution to the book "Approaches to Quantum
Gravity", ed. D. Oriti, Cambridge University Pres
Local limits of uniform triangulations in high genus
We prove a conjecture of Benjamini and Curien stating that the local limits
of uniform random triangulations whose genus is proportional to the number of
faces are the Planar Stochastic Hyperbolic Triangulations (PSHT) defined in
arXiv:1401.3297. The proof relies on a combinatorial argument and the
Goulden--Jackson recurrence relation to obtain tightness, and probabilistic
arguments showing the uniqueness of the limit. As a consequence, we obtain
asymptotics up to subexponential factors on the number of triangulations when
both the size and the genus go to infinity.
As a part of our proof, we also obtain the following result of independent
interest: if a random triangulation of the plane is weakly Markovian in the
sense that the probability to observe a finite triangulation around the
root only depends on the perimeter and volume of , then is a mixture of
PSHT.Comment: 36 pages, 10 figure
On the relation between Euclidean and Lorentzian 2D quantum gravity
Starting from 2D Euclidean quantum gravity, we show that one recovers 2D
Lorentzian quantum gravity by removing all baby universes. Using a peeling
procedure to decompose the discrete, triangulated geometries along a
one-dimensional path, we explicitly associate with each Euclidean space-time a
(generalized) Lorentzian space-time. This motivates a map between the parameter
spaces of the two theories, under which their propagators get identified. In
two dimensions, Lorentzian quantum gravity can therefore be viewed as a
``renormalized'' version of Euclidean quantum gravity.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
Monte Carlo simulations of 4d simplicial quantum gravity
Dynamical triangulations of four-dimensional Euclidean quantum gravity give
rise to an interesting, numerically accessible model of quantum gravity. We
give a simple introduction to the model and discuss two particularly important
issues. One is that contrary to recent claims there is strong analytical and
numerical evidence for the existence of an exponential bound that makes the
partition function well-defined. The other is that there may be an ambiguity in
the choice of the measure of the discrete model which could even lead to the
existence of different universality classes.Comment: 16 pages, LaTeX, epsf, 4 uuencoded figures; contribution to the JMP
special issue on "Quantum Geometry and Diffeomorphism-Invariant Quantum Field
Theory
The Ising Model on a Quenched Ensemble of c = -5 Gravity Graphs
We study with Monte Carlo methods an ensemble of c=-5 gravity graphs,
generated by coupling a conformal field theory with central charge c=-5 to
two-dimensional quantum gravity. We measure the fractal properties of the
ensemble, such as the string susceptibility exponent gamma_s and the intrinsic
fractal dimensions d_H. We find gamma_s = -1.5(1) and d_H = 3.36(4), in
reasonable agreement with theoretical predictions. In addition, we study the
critical behavior of an Ising model on a quenched ensemble of the c=-5 graphs
and show that it agrees, within numerical accuracy, with theoretical
predictions for the critical behavior of an Ising model coupled dynamically to
two-dimensional quantum gravity, provided the total central charge of the
matter sector is c=-5. From this we conjecture that the critical behavior of
the Ising model is determined solely by the average fractal properties of the
graphs, the coupling to the geometry not playing an important role.Comment: 23 pages, Latex, 7 figure
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