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Phase Space Geometry in Classical and Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Physics 2017-08-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Phase space is the state space of classical mechanics, and this manifold is normally endowed only with a symplectic form. The geometry of quantum mechanics is necessarily more complicated. Arguments will be given to show that augmenting the symplectic manifold of classical phase space with a Riemannian metric is sufficient for describing quantum mechanics. In particular, using such spaces, a fully satisfactory geometric version of quantization will be developed and described.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0112010,
  title  = {Phase Space Geometry in Classical and Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {John R. Klauder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0112010},
  year   = {2017}
}

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