Quantization in Cartesian coordinates and the Hofer metric

DOI10.1142/S0219887822500633MaRDI QIDQ6384181zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, C. Kokorelis

Publication date 29 November 2021

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219887822500633

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Geometric quantization (53D50) Canonical quantization (81S08) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10)

Abstract: P.A.M. Dirac had stated that the Cartesian coordinates are uniquely suited for expressing the canonical commutation relations in a simple form. By contrast, expressing these commutation relations in any other coordinate system is more complicated and less obvious. The question that we address in this work, is the reason why this is true. We claim that this unique role of the Cartesian coordinates is a result of the existence and uniqueness of the Hofer metric on the space of canonical transformations of the phase space of the system getting quantized.

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