Nonexistence of Finite-dimensional Quantizations of a Noncompact Symplectic Manifold
A basic algebra of observables \(\mathfrak b\) on a symplectic manifold \(M\) is a Lie subalgebra of \(C^\infty(M)\) which is finitely generated, transitive and separating, the Hamiltonian vector fields \(X_f\) of elements \(f\in\mathfrak b\) are complete, and which is minimal with respect to the previous requirements. Note that \(\mathfrak b\) is separating means that elements of \(\mathfrak b\) separate globally points of \(M\), and transitivity means that the Hamiltonian vector fields \(\{ X_f:f\in{\mathfrak b}\}\) span the tangent bundle \(TM\). The main result states that finite-dimensional basic algebras on noncompact symplectic manifolds do not admit faithful representations by skew-hermitian matrices. This can be understood as a rigorous proof that quantizations of a noncompact symplectic manifold, if exist, have to be infinite-dimensional. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0923.00021].
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