Manin's quantum spaces and standard quantum mechanics

Aug, 1990
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 252 (1990) 97-100
  • Published: 1990
Report number:
  • 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