Vector and ray representations of the Euclidean group E(2)

DOI10.1016/0034-4877(94)90035-3MaRDI QIDQ1805288zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Klaus Baumann

Publication date 11 May 1995

Published in Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4877(94)90035-3

zbMATH Keywords

Euclidean groupharmonic oscillator representationinfinitesimal exponentirreducible vector and ray representationsLandau levelsuniversal covering group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

Review text

All irreducible vector and ray representations of the Euclidean group \(E(2)\) and its universal covering group \(\widehat {E}(2)\) are described. It is shown that every irreducible ray representation of \(\widehat {E}(2)\) is isomorphic to a harmonic oscillator representation on \({\mathcal L}_ 2(\mathbb{R})\) given by \(p_ 1 = \sqrt{d} x\), \(p_ 2 = \sqrt{d} p\) and \(I = -{1\over 2} (x^ 2 + p^ 2 - m1)\) for some \(m \in \mathbb{R}\). Here \(p_ 1\), \(p_ 2\) and \(I\) are selfadjoint translation and rotation generators of unitary representations of \(\widehat {E} (2)\) on the Hilbert space, whereas \(d\) is called the infinitesimal exponent of the ray representation which defines an element \(D = d \cdot {\mathbf{1}}\) in the centre of the algebra. Properties of unitary representations with an invariant orbit as a limit \(d \to 0\) of irreducible ray representations are discussed. The simple group-theoretical derivation of the Landau levels for a particle moving in constant magnetic field is demonstrated as an example of physical application.

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• A Class of Nonunitary, Finite Dimensional Representations of the Euclidean Algebra 𝔢(2)
• Separation of the unitary and irreducible representations of E(2)
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• Unitary representations of the two-dimensional Euclidean group in the Heisenberg algebra
• Irreducible representations over the diamond Lie algebra
• Dirac representation of the \(SO(3,2)\) group and the Landau problem

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