Quantum mechanics on profinite groups and partial order

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/46/4/043001zbMATH Open1273.81099arXiv1303.1393OpenAlexW2081031727MaRDI QIDQ4920394FDOQ4920394

Authors: A. Vourdas 

Publication date: 17 May 2013

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

Abstract: Inverse limits and profinite groups are used in a quantum mechanical context. Two cases are considered. A quantum system with positions in the profinite group ${mathbbZ}_p$ and momenta in the group ${mathbbQ}_p/{mathbbZ}_p$; and a quantum system with positions in the profinite group $hatmathbbZ$ and momenta in the group $mathbbQ/mathbbZ$. The corresponding Schwatz-Bruhat spaces of wavefunctions and the Heisenberg-Weyl groups are discussed. The sets of subsystems of these systems are studied from the point of view of partial order theory. It is shown that they are directed-complete partial orders. It is also shown that they are topological spaces with $T_0$ topologies, and this is used to define continuity of various physical quantities. The physical meaning of profinite groups, non-Archimedean metrics, partial orders and $T_0$ topologies, in a quantum mechanical context, is discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1393

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) PDEs on Heisenberg groups, Lie groups, Carnot groups, etc. (35R03) Applications of logic to group theory (20A15)

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