The holographic multi-entropy cone
A bstract We generalize the holographic entropy cone (HEC) to the holographic multi-entropy cone (HMEC) by adjoining multi-entropy coordinates to the standard entropy coordinates. We show that holographic states, through their multi-entropy vectors, form a rational polyhedral cone in the multi-entropy space, and multicontraction maps provide exact certificates for holographic multi-entropy inequalities (HMEIs). We determine all facet inequalities of the n = 3, 4 HMECs, where n includes the purifier. These inequalities are organized into seven fundamental HMEI orbits: two for n = 3 and five for n = 4. We further propose two structural conjectures: HEC facet inequalities are convex combinations of HMEC facet inequalities, and HMEC facet inequalities obey a balanced-but-not-too-balanced principle.
Authors
- Xin-Xiang Ju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9905-3908)
- Yang Zhao
Institutions
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2026-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09(2026)253
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00