Exponential families, Kähler geometry and quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2013.03.015zbMATH Open1283.53072arXiv1203.2056OpenAlexW2067915832MaRDI QIDQ390847FDOQ390847

Authors: Mathieu Molitor 

Publication date: 9 January 2014

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Exponential families are a particular class of statistical manifolds which are particularly important in statistical inference, and which appear very frequently in statistics. For example, the set of normal distributions, with mean {mu} and deviation {sigma}, form a 2-dimensional exponential family. In this paper, we show that the tangent bundle of an exponential family is naturally a Kahler manifold. This simple but crucial observation leads to the formalism of quantum mechanics in its geometrical form, i.e. based on the Kahler structure of the complex projective space, but generalizes also to more general Kahler manifolds, providing a natural geometric framework for the description of quantum systems. Many questions related to this "statistical Kahler geometry" are discussed, and a close connection with representation theory is observed. Examples of physical relevance are treated in details. For example, it is shown that the spin of a particle can be entirely understood by means of the usual binomial distribution. This paper centers on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, and on the question of its potential generalization through its geometrical formulation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2056

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zbMATH Keywords

Fisher metricinformation geometryspinexponential connectiongeometric quantum mechanicsKähler geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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