Published August 1978
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Journal article
Quantum mechanics in finite dimensions
Creators
- 1. Australian National Univ., Canberra. Dept. of Theoretical Physics
- 2. Geneva Univ. (Switzerland). Inst. de Physique Theorique
Description
This paper contributes to a recent series discussing quantum mechanics defined on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space in which Weyl's commutation relation for unitary operators holds. In an earlier paper, it was shown that the commutation relation for hermitian operators with a bounded spectrum tends to Heisenberg's standard canonical commutation relation as the spectrum becomes continuous and the dimension n→ infinity. The present paper offers a formulation which is coordinate free in the limit n→ infinity and makes the limiting procedure especially transparent
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Aust. J. Phys.
- Journal Issue
- v.31(3,4
- Series
- Aust. J. Phys.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 10438630
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; HEISENBERG PICTURE; HERMITIAN OPERATORS; HILBERT SPACE; QUANTUM MECHANICS
- Descriptors DEC
- BANACH SPACE; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; SPACE