Symmetry reduction of states. I (Q6123805)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7828325
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Symmetry reduction of states. I (English)
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8 April 2024
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Summary: In this article, we develop a general theory of symmetry reduction of states on (possibly non-commutative) *-algebras that are equipped with a Poisson bracket and a Hamiltonian action of a commutative Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\). The key idea advocated for in this article is that the ``correct'' notion of positivity on a *-algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) is not necessarily the algebraic one whose positive elements are the sums of Hermitian squares \(a^* a\) with \(a\in \mathcal{A}\), but it can be a more general one that depends on the example at hand, like pointwise positivity on *-algebras of functions or positivity in a representation as operators. The notion of states (normalized positive Hermitian linear functionals) on \(\mathcal{A}\) thus depends on this choice of positivity on \(\mathcal{A}\), and the notion of positivity on the reduced algebra \(\mathcal{A}_{\mu\text{-red}}\) should be such that states on \(\mathcal{A}_{\mu\text{-red}}\) are obtained as reductions of certain states on \(\mathcal{A}\). We discuss three examples in detail: Reduction of the *-algebra of smooth functions on a Poisson manifold \(M\), reduction of the Weyl algebra with respect to translation symmetry, and reduction of the polynomial algebra with respect to a U(1)-action.
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symmetry reduction
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*-algebras
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states
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positivity
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non-commutativity
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