\(PT\) Symmetry and necessary and sufficient conditions for the reality of energy eigenvalues

DOI10.1016/j.physleta.2010.02.032zbMath1236.81095arXiv0902.1365MaRDI QIDQ2429635

Carl M. Bender, Philip D. Mannheim

Publication date: 30 April 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1365

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

15A18: Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors

81Q12: Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators

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