Ordering events in Minkowski space

DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2005.06.007zbMATH Open1109.05020arXivmath/0501256OpenAlexW2019806210MaRDI QIDQ867914FDOQ867914

Authors: Richard P. Stanley 

Publication date: 19 February 2007

Published in: Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We are given k points (events) in (n+1)-dimensional Minkowski space. Using the theory of hyperplane arrangments and chromatic polynomials, we obtain information the number of different orders in which the events can occur in different reference frames if the events are sufficiently generic. We consider the question of what sets of orderings of the points are possible and show a connection with sphere orders and the allowable sequences of Goodman and Pollack.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0501256

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15)

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