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Deformation quantization of the $n$-tuple point

Quantum Algebra 2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Contrary to the classical methods of quantum mechanics, the deformation quantization can be carried out on phase spaces which are not even topological manifolds. In particular, the Moyal star product gives rise to a canonical functor FF from the category of affine analytic spaces to the category of associative (in general, non-commutative) \C\C-algebras. Curiously, if XX is the nn-tuple point, xn=0x^{n}=0, then F(X)F(X) is the algebra of n×nn\times n matrices.

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@article{arxiv.math/9810158,
  title  = {Deformation quantization of the $n$-tuple point},
  author = {S. A. Merkulov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9810158},
  year   = {2009}
}

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