The groupoidal picture of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2023.105095MaRDI QIDQ6146400zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Florio M. Ciaglia, Fabio Di Cosmo, A. Ibort, Giuseppe Marmo

Publication date 5 February 2024

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2023.105095

Feynman's sum measure groupoids quantum mechanics von Neumann algebra

Groupoids, semigroupoids, semigroups, groups (viewed as categories) (18B40) Groupoids (i.e. small categories in which all morphisms are isomorphisms) (20L05) Topological groupoids (including differentiable and Lie groupoids) (22A22) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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The purpose of this paper is to give a groupoid interpretation of quantum mechanics. The authors consider a groupoid as the basic mathematical ingredient in the description of a physical system. First, the authors review the relevant notions of the theory of measure groupoids and their link with quantum mechanical systems. Then, they give a construction of the von Neumann algebra of a measure groupoid. The quantum-to-classical transition is interpreted in the groupoid framework. Feynman's sum over histories interpretation is also described in terms of groupoids.

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