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A Weyl Calculus on Symplectic Phase Space

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v2 math.MP Operator Algebras Representation Theory Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We study the twisted Weyl symbol of metaplectic operators; this requires the definition of an index for symplectic paths related to the Conley-Zehnder index. We thereafter define a metaplectically covariant algebra of pseudo-differential operators acting on functions on symplectic space.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0508024,
  title  = {A Weyl Calculus on Symplectic Phase Space},
  author = {Maurice De Gosson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0508024},
  year   = {2007}
}