Published February 22, 1982 | Version v1
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New interpretation of the scalar product in Hilbert space

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Description

A new interpretation of the scalar product in Hilbert space was presented recently by Aharonov, Albert, and Au. Here the essential equivalence between such a viewpoint and Wigner's exact reformulation of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics using distribution functions is pointed out

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
525-526
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13693055
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HILBERT SPACE; PHASE SPACE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BANACH SPACE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; SPACE