Is there a Jordan geometry underlying quantum physics?

DOI10.1007/s10773-008-9724-zzbMath1160.81398arXiv0801.3069MaRDI QIDQ1008202

Wolfgang Bertram

Publication date: 24 March 2009

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3069

zbMATH Keywords

quantum theory; twistor theory; generalized projective geometries; Jordan algebras (-triple systems, -pairs)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

22E70: Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations

81R25: Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory

81R15: Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory

17A15: Noncommutative Jordan algebras

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