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Nonexistence of Finite-dimensional Quantizations of a Noncompact Symplectic Manifold

dg-ga 2007-05-23 v1 Differential Geometry Quantum Physics

Abstract

We prove that there is no faithful finite-dimensional representation by skew-hermitian matrices of a ``basic algebra of observables'' B on a noncompact symplectic manifold M. Consequently there exists no finite-dimensional quantization of any Lie subalgebra of the Poisson algebra C^\infty(M) containing B.

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@article{arxiv.dg-ga/9710024,
  title  = {Nonexistence of Finite-dimensional Quantizations of a Noncompact Symplectic Manifold},
  author = {Mark J. Gotay and Hendrik B. Grundling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:dg-ga/9710024},
  year   = {2007}
}

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