Division algebras and quantum theory

DOI10.1007/s10701-011-9566-zzbMath1259.81023arXiv1101.5690WikidataQ62443363 ScholiaQ62443363MaRDI QIDQ1929299

John C. Baez

Publication date: 7 January 2013

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5690

zbMATH Keywords

quantum theory; duality; convex cone; group representation; Jordan algebra; quaternion; octonion; division algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

54F05: Linearly ordered topological spaces, generalized ordered spaces, and partially ordered spaces

81Q05: Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics

46S10: Functional analysis over fields other than (mathbb{R}) or (mathbb{C}) or the quaternions; non-Archimedean functional analysis

16W10: Rings with involution; Lie, Jordan and other nonassociative structures

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

20C35: Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science

11R52: Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions

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