Information geometry and the hydrodynamical formulation of quantum mechanics

arXiv1204.0663MaRDI QIDQ6232063FDOQ6232063

Publication date: 3 April 2012

Abstract: Let (M,g) be a compact, connected and oriented Riemannian manifold. We denote D the space of smooth probability density functions on M. In this paper, we show that the Frechet manifold D is equipped with a Riemannian metric g^{D} and an affine connection

abla^{D} which are infinite dimensional analogues of the Fisher metric and exponential connection in the context of information geometry. More precisely, we use Dombrowski's construction together with the couple (g^{D},

abla^{D}) to get a (non-integrable) almost Hermitian structure on D, and we show that the corresponding fundamental 2-form is a symplectic form from which it is possible to recover the usual Schrodinger equation for a quantum particle living in M. These results echo a recent paper of the author where it is stressed that the Fisher metric and exponential connection are related (via Dombrowski's construction) to Kahler geometry and quantum mechanics in finite dimension.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Information theory (general) (94A15) Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81P99) Dynamical system aspects of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K99) Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Differentiability questions for infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B10)

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