When Poisson and Moyal Brackets are equal?

arXiv2207.08798MaRDI QIDQ6405364FDOQ6405364

Authors: Didier Robert 

Publication date: 18 July 2022

Abstract: In the phase space $R^{2d}$, let us denote $A,B$ the Poisson bracket of two smooth classical observables and ${A,B}_{c}ircledast$ their Moyal bracket, defined as the Weyl symbol of $i[A,B]$, where $hatA$ is the Weyl quantization of $A$ and $[hatA,hatB]=hatAhatB-hatBhatA$ (commutator). In this note we prove that if a smooth Hamiltonian $H$ on the phase space $R^{2d}$, with derivatives of moderate growth, satisfies $A,H={A,H}_{c}ircledast$ for any smooth and bounded observable $A$ then $H$ must be a polynomial of degree at most 2. This is related with the Groenewold-van Hove Theorem cite{Gotay, Groen, vHove} concerning quantization of polynomial observables.

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