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Manifolds of classical probability distributions and quantum density operators in infinite dimensions

Mathematical Physics 2020-05-19 v2 math.MP

Abstract

The manifold structure of subsets of classical probability distributions and quantum density operators in infinite dimensions is investigated in the context of CC^{*}-algebras and actions of Banach-Lie groups. Specificaly, classical probability distributions and quantum density operators may be both described as states (in the functional analytic sense) on a given CC^{*}-algebra A\mathscr{A} which is Abelian for Classical states, and non-Abelian for Quantum states. In this contribution, the space of states S\mathscr{S} of a possibly infinite-dimensional, unital CC^{*}-algebra A\mathscr{A} is partitioned into the disjoint union of the orbits of an action of the group G\mathscr{G} of invertible elements of A\mathscr{A}. Then, we prove that the orbits through density operators on an infinite-dimensional, separable Hilbert space H\mathcal{H} are smooth, homogeneous Banach manifolds of G=GL(H)\mathscr{G}=\mathcal{GL}(\mathcal{H}), and, when A\mathscr{A} admits a faithful tracial state τ\tau like it happens in the Classical case when we consider probability distributions with full support, we prove that the orbit through τ\tau is a smooth, homogeneous Banach manifold for G\mathscr{G}.

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@article{arxiv.1907.00732,
  title  = {Manifolds of classical probability distributions and quantum density operators in infinite dimensions},
  author = {Florio M. Ciaglia and Alberto Ibort and Jürgen Jost and Giuseppe Marmo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.00732},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

35 pages. Revised version in which some imprecise statements have been amended. Comments are welcome!