Disentangling q-exponentials: a general approach

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DOI10.1023/B:IJTP.0000028885.42890.F5zbMATH Open1057.81042arXivmath-ph/0310038OpenAlexW2043209803MaRDI QIDQ702976FDOQ702976


Authors: C. Quesne Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 19 January 2005

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We revisit the q-deformed counterpart of the Zassenhaus formula, expressing the Jackson q-exponential of the sum of two non-q-commuting operators as an (in general) infinite product of q-exponential operators involving repeated q-commutators of increasing order, Eq(A+B)=Eqalpha0(A)Eqalpha1(B)prodi=2inftyEqalphai(Ci). By systematically transforming the q-exponentials into exponentials of series and using the conventional Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula, we prove that one can make any choice for the bases qalphai, i=0, 1, 2, ..., of the q-exponentials in the infinite product. An explicit calculation of the operators Ci in the successive factors, carried out up to sixth order, also shows that the simplest q-Zassenhaus formula is obtained for alpha0=alpha1=1, alpha2=2, and alpha3=3. This confirms and reinforces a result of Sridhar and Jagannathan, based on fourth-order calculations.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0310038




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