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Quantum maps and automorphisms

Quantum Algebra 2011-11-10 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

What does it mean to quantize a symplectic map χ\chi? In deformation quantization, it means to construct an automorphism of the * algebra associated to χ\chi. In quantum chaos it means to construct unitary operators UχU_{\chi} such that AUχAUχA \to U_{\chi} A U_{\chi}^* defines an automorphism of the algebra of observables. In geometric quantization and in PDE it means to construct a unitary Fourier integral (or Toeplitz) operator associated to the graph of χ\chi. We compare the definitions in the setting of Kahler manifolds (M,g)(M, g). The main result is a Toeplitz analogue of the Duistermaat-Singer theorem on automorphisms of the pseudo-differential algebra, and its extension to non-simply connected phase spaces, which often occur in applications (quantized symplectic torus automorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.math/0307175,
  title  = {Quantum maps and automorphisms},
  author = {Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0307175},
  year   = {2011}
}