Fractional linear maps in general relativity and quantum mechanics

DOI10.1142/S0219887821501577arXiv2103.15410OpenAlexW3175387256MaRDI QIDQ6131837FDOQ6131837

Authors: Giampiero Esposito 

Publication date: 18 April 2024

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper studies the nature of fractional linear transformations in a general relativity context as well as in a quantum theoretical framework. Two features are found to deserve special attention: the first is the possibility of separating the limit-point condition at infinity into loxodromic, hyperbolic, parabolic and elliptic cases. This is useful in a context in which one wants to look for a correspondence between essentially self-adjoint spherically symmetric Hamiltonians of quantum physics and the theory of Bondi-Metzner-Sachs transformations in general relativity. The analogy therefore arising, suggests that further investigations might be performed for a theory in which the role of fractional linear maps is viewed as a bridge between the quantum theory and general relativity. The second aspect to point out is the possibility of interpreting the limit-point condition at both ends of the positive real line, for a second-order singular differential operator, which occurs frequently in applied quantum mechanics, as the limiting procedure arising from a very particular Kleinian group which is the hyperbolic cyclic group. In this framework, this work finds that a consistent system of equations can be derived and studied. Hence one is led to consider the entire transcendental functions, from which it is possible to construct a fundamental system of solutions of a second-order differential equation with singular behavior at both ends of the positive real line, which in turn satisfy the limit-point conditions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.15410

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsgeneral relativityfractional linear maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30) Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40)

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