Geometry of the complex extension of Wigner's theorem

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/46/39/395301MaRDI QIDQ2866169zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Dorje C. Brody

Publication date 13 December 2013

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0658

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

Abstract: Wigner's theorem asserts that an isometric (probability conserving) transformation on a quantum state space must be generated by a Hamiltonian that is Hermitian. It is shown that when the Hermiticity condition on the Hamiltonian is relaxed, we obtain the following complex generalisation of Wigner's theorem: a holomorphically projective (complex geodesic-curves preserving) transformation on a quantum state space must be generated by a Hamiltonian that is not necessarily Hermitian.

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