A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality
Abstract
By defining a prepotential function for the stationary Schr\"odinger equation we derive an inversion formula for the space variable as a function of the wave-function . The resulting equation is a Legendre transform that relates , the prepotential , and the probability density. We invert the Schr\"odinger equation to a third-order differential equation for and observe that the inversion procedure implies a - duality. This phenomenon is related to a modular symmetry due to the superposition of the solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation. We propose that in quantum mechanics the space coordinate can be interpreted as a macroscopic variable of a statistical system with playing the role of a scaling parameter. We show that the scaling property of the space coordinate with respect to is determined by the ``beta-function''. We propose that the quantization of the inversion formula is a natural way to quantize geometry. The formalism is extended to higher dimensions and to the Klein-Gordon equation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9606063,
title = {A Statistical Interpretation of Space and Classical-Quantum duality},
author = {Alon E. Faraggi and Marco Matone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9606063},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
11 pages. Standard Latex. Final version to appear in Physical Review Letters. Revised and extended version. The formalism is extended to higher dimensions and to the Klein-Gordon equation. A possible connection with string theory is considered. The $x-\psi$ duality is emphasized by a minor change in the title. The new title is: Duality of $x$ and $\psi$ and a statistical interpretation of space in quantum mechanics