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Foliation

A foliation is an update ordering

For non-interfering events (i.e. spacelike events) you can do any set you want at the same time

Generations correspond to “thick” collections of update events

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MultiwaySystem[{"A""BB","B""A"}"Random","A",12,"CausalGraph"]
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Is Sequential a tachyonic foliation?

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MultiwaySystem[{"A""BB","B""A"}"Sequential","A",12,"CausalGraph"]
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MultiwaySystem[{"A""AB","B""A"}"Sequential","A",12,"CausalGraph"]
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MultiwaySystem[{"A""AA","AAB""BA"}"Sequential","A",12,"CausalGraph"]
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MultiwaySystem[{"AA""A","AB""BAA"}"Sequential","AABA",4,"CausalGraph"]
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MultiwaySystem[{"A""B"}"Sequential","AAA",2,"CausalGraph"]
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MultiwaySystem[{"C""AAA","A""B"}"Sequential","C",4,"CausalGraph"]
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MultiwaySystem[{{0,1,0}{0,0,1},{0}{0,1,0}}"Sequential",{1,0,1,0},20,"CausalGraph"]
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TotalCausalInvariantQ[{{0,1,0}{0,0,1},{0}{0,1,0}},4]
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True

Sequential is depth-first search..... (which never recurses back up the tree if the rule doesn’t terminate)

“Generations” is breadth-first search

Least-recent first....

The standard StringReplace update ordering

As many as it can without overlapping.......
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ResourceFunction["SequentialSubstitutionSystemPlot"][ResourceFunction["SequentialSubstitutionSystem"][{{0,1,0}{0,0,1},{0}{0,1,0}},{1,0,1,0},50]]
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Foliation specification

What branch of the multiway system are you taking?

At each step, you have a list of possible replacements ... you need EventSelectionFunction

Preferring the left; preferring the right
Sequential updates: traveling at the speed of light
Consider fixed-length strings
“strong hyperbolicity”
For each point, pick a sequence of delays between updatings....
Priority list where at every step each position gets a priority
(i.e. this is a list of positions to update in order)
To make the picture above, coarse grain this, showing only every ___ steps
Need an ergodic sequence to do something interesting....
Left-right scan......
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