Mathematical problems on generalized functions and the canonical Hamiltonian formalism

arXiv0708.3425MaRDI QIDQ6206587FDOQ6206587

Publication date: 25 August 2007

Abstract: This text is addressed to mathematicians who are interested in generalized functions and unbounded operators on a Hilbert space. We expose in detail (in a "formal way" - as done by Heisenberg and Pauli - i.e. without mathematical definitions and then, of course, without mathematical rigour) the Heisenberg-Pauli calculations on the simplest model close to physics. The problem for mathematicians is to give a mathematical sense to these calculations, which is possible without any knowledge in physics, since they mimick exactly usual calculations on infinitely differentiable functions and on bounded operators, and can be considered at a purely mathematical level, ignoring physics in a first step. The mathematical tools to be used are nonlinear generalized functions, unbounded operators on a Hilbert space and computer calculations.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations with distributions and generalized functions (46F10) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Functions whose values are linear operators (operator- and matrix-valued functions, etc., including analytic and meromorphic ones) (47A56) Equations involving linear operators, with operator unknowns (47A62) Groups and semigroups of linear operators (47D03) Generalized functions for nonlinear analysis (Rosinger, Colombeau, nonstandard, etc.) (46F30)

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