Bombelli's conjecture on Poisson reconstruction of distinguishing spacetimes

Let MM and NN be distinguishing finite-volume spacetimes. For each finite poset CC, consider independent samples from Poisson point processes on MM and NN, with the causal orders induced by the respective spacetimes.

Bombelli's conjecture. If, for every finite poset CC, the probabilities that the samples from MM and NN are order-isomorphic to CC coincide, then MM and NN are isometric.

This is a rigid version of the Hauptvermutung in causal set theory, where the statistical data of Poisson samples is intended to reconstruct the underlying spacetime. A rigorous mathematical formulation of the broader Hauptvermutung remains missing, and the conjecture is presented as a first step toward such a reconstruction theory.

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Mathias Braun and Clemens Sämann, “Gromov's reconstruction theorem and measured Gromov-Hausdorff convergence in Lorentzian geometry”, arXiv:2506.10852 (2025).

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