ExactPT-symmetry is equivalent to Hermiticity

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/25/312zbMath1048.81041arXivquant-ph/0304080MaRDI QIDQ4467952

Ali Mostafazadeh

Publication date: 10 June 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304080

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T05: Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras

81T99: Quantum field theory; related classical field theories

81Q60: Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics

81R20: Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics

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