Geometric Quantization and No Go Theorems

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Authors Viktor L. Ginzburg, Richard Montgomery

Publication date 1 March 2001

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9703010, https://eudml.org/doc/209045, http://journals.impan.gov.pl/bc/

zbMATH Keywords

connections on vector bundlesgeometric quantizationno-go theorems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric quantization (53D50)

Abstract: A geometric quantization of a K"{a}hler manifold, viewed as a symplectic manifold, depends on the complex structure compatible with the symplectic form. The quantizations form a vector bundle over the space of such complex structures. Having a canonical quantization would amount to finding a natural (projectively) flat connection on this vector bundle. We prove that for a broad class of manifolds, including symplectic homogeneous spaces (e.g., the sphere), such connection does not exist. This is a consequence of a ``no go theorem claiming that the entire Lie algebra of smooth functions on a compact symplectic manifold cannot be quantized, i.e., it has no essentially nontrivial finite-dimensional representations.

Review text

The quantizations of a Kähler manifold, viewed as a symplectic manifold, form a vector bundle \(E\) over the space of complex structures compatible with the symplectic form. The main result of this paper is that for a broad class of manifolds, including symplectic homogeneous spaces (e.g. the sphere), a natural projectively flat connection on \(E\) does not exist. This is a consequence of a no-go theorem claiming that the entire Lie algebra of smooth functions on a compact symplectic manifold cannot be quantized, i.e. it has no essentially nontrivial finite-dimensional representations. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0936.00035].

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