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On linearity of separating multi-particle differential Schr\"odinger operators for identical particles

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v2

Abstract

We show that hierarchies of differential Schroedinger operators for identical particles which are separating for the usual (anti-)symmetric tensor product, are necessarily linear, and offer some speculations on the source of quantum linearity.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0308001,
  title  = {On linearity of separating multi-particle differential Schr\"odinger operators for identical particles},
  author = {George Svetlichny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0308001},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

As accepted by Journal of Mathematical Physics. Original title "Separating multi-particle differential Schroedinger operators for identical particles are necessarily linear". Some new discussion and references. Main result unchanged. Uses RevTeX 4, 9 pages

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