Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition

2 PM, 21 Nov 2025

Daniel Jafferis outlines a tensor–matrix model constrained by crossing, its proposed gravity dual and a BCFT version encoding amplitude data.

Prof. Daniel Jafferis reviews a tensor–matrix model for 2d CFT data constrained by crossing symmetry, and topological expansion conjectured to match pure 3d gravity. He discusses sources of divergences and what remains to establish the duality, then turns to a BCFT extension linked to an open bootstrap. The resulting expansion corresponds to gluing tetrahedra, with the model reproducing certain 3d gravity amplitudes.

Prof. Daniel Jafferis is a physicist at Harvard University. He co-discovered key AdS/CFT dualities and proposed the F-theorem for 3D supersymmetric flows. Prof. Jafferis’s works on tensor–matrix models, holography and the unexpected links between mathematics, geometry and gravity.

Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition
Tensor models, 3d gravity and simplicial decomposition