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Projective completions of Jordan pairs Part II. Manifold structures and symmetric spaces

Group Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We define symmetric spaces in arbitrary dimension and over arbitrary non-discrete topological fields \K\K, and we construct manifolds and symmetric spaces associated to topological continuous quasi-inverse Jordan pairs and -triple systems. This class of spaces, called smooth generalized projective geometries, generalizes the well-known (finite or infinite-dimensional) bounded symmetric domains as well as their ``compact-like'' duals. An interpretation of such geometries as models of Quantum Mechanics is proposed, and particular attention is paid to geometries that might be considered as "standard models" -- they are associated to associative continuous inverse algebras and to Jordan algebras of hermitian elements in such an algebra.

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@article{arxiv.math/0401236,
  title  = {Projective completions of Jordan pairs Part II. Manifold structures and symmetric spaces},
  author = {Wolfgang Bertram and Karl-Hermann Neeb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0401236},
  year   = {2007}
}