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Geometric Quantization by Paths Part II: The General Case

Differential Geometry 2026-01-26 v2

Abstract

In Part I, we established the construction of the Prequantum Groupoid for simply connected spaces. This second part extends the theory to arbitrary connected parasymplectic diffeological spaces (X,ω)(\mathrm{X}, \omega). We identify the obstruction to the existence of the Prequantum Groupoid as the non-additivity of the integration of the prequantum form Kω\mathbf{K}\omega on the space of loops. By defining a Total Group of Periods Pω\mathrm{P}_\omega directly on the space of paths, which absorbs the periods arising from the algebraic relations of the fundamental group, we construct a Prequantum Groupoid Tω\mathbf{T}_\omega with connected isotropy isomorphic to the torus of periods Tω=R/Pω\mathrm{T}_\omega = \mathbf{R}/\mathrm{P}_\omega. Furthermore, we propose that this groupoid Tω\mathbf{T}_\omega constitutes the Quantum System itself. The classical space X\mathrm{X} is embedded as the Skeleton of units, surrounded by a Quantum Fog of non-identity morphisms. We prove that the group of automorphisms of the Quantum System is isomorphic to the group of symmetries of the Dynamical System, Diff(X,ω)\mathrm{Diff}(\mathrm{X}, \omega).

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@article{arxiv.2512.24627,
  title  = {Geometric Quantization by Paths Part II: The General Case},
  author = {Patrick Iglesias-Zemmour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24627},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Revised version. Expanded the physical narrative linking the groupoid to Lagrange variations and quantum fluctuations with Feynman's integral. Added a rigorous algebraic derivation of the global period group and introduced the prequantum convolution algebra. Refined examples and technical remarks. (28 pages, 2 figures)

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:46:33.152Z