The connected wedge theorem and its consequences

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00018v3
• Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 23:53:58 GMT
• Title: The connected wedge theorem and its consequences
• Authors: Alex May, Jonathan Sorce and Beni Yoshida
• Abstract summary: We prove the $n$-to-$n$ connected wedge theorem, which considers $n$ input and $n$ output locations at the boundary of anally AdS$_2+1$ spacetime. The proof holds in three bulk dimensions satisfying the null curvature condition and for semiclassical spacetimes satisfying standard conjectures. It also has consequences for quantum information theory: it reveals one pattern of entanglement which is sufficient for information processing in a particular class of causal networks.
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• Abstract: In the AdS/CFT correspondence, bulk causal structure has consequences for boundary entanglement. In quantum information science, causal structures can be replaced by distributed entanglement for the purposes of information processing. In this work, we deepen the understanding of both of these statements, and their relationship, with a number of new results. Centrally, we present and prove a new theorem, the $n$-to-$n$ connected wedge theorem, which considers $n$ input and $n$ output locations at the boundary of an asymptotically AdS$_{2+1}$ spacetime described by AdS/CFT. When a sufficiently strong set of causal connections exists among these points in the bulk, a set of $n$ associated regions in the boundary will have extensive-in-N mutual information across any bipartition of the regions. The proof holds in three bulk dimensions for classical spacetimes satisfying the null curvature condition and for semiclassical spacetimes satisfying standard conjectures. The $n$-to-$n$ connected wedge theorem gives a precise example of how causal connections in a bulk state can emerge from large-N entanglement features of its boundary dual. It also has consequences for quantum information theory: it reveals one pattern of entanglement which is sufficient for information processing in a particular class of causal networks. We argue this pattern is also necessary, and give an AdS/CFT inspired protocol for information processing in this setting. Our theorem generalizes the $2$-to-$2$ connected wedge theorem proven in arXiv:1912.05649. We also correct some errors in the proof presented there, in particular a false claim that existing proof techniques work above three bulk dimensions.

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