Manin's quantum spaces and standard quantum mechanics
Aug, 19904 pages
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- Phys.Lett.B 252 (1990) 97-100
- Published: 1990
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- LPTENS-90-21
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Manin's non-commutative coordinate algebra of quantum groups is shown to be identical, for unitary coordinates, with the conventional operator algebras of quantum mechanics. The deformation parameter q is a pure phase for unitary coordinates. When q is a root of unity, Manin's algebra becomes the matrix algebra of quantum mechanics for a discretized and finite phase space. Implications for quantum groups and the associated non-commutative differential calculus of Wess and Zumino are discussed.- quantum group: representation
- differential geometry: nonabelian
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