Quantum Mechanics Another Way
Physics Education
2014-11-18 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Deformation quantization (sometimes called phase-space quantization) is a formulation of quantum mechanics that is not usually taught to undergraduates. It is formally quite similar to classical mechanics: ordinary functions on phase space take the place of operators, but the functions are multiplied in an exotic way, using the star product. Here we attempt a brief, pedagogical discussion of deformation quantization, that is suitable for inclusion in an undergraduate course.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0405029,
title = {Quantum Mechanics Another Way},
author = {J. Hancock and M. A. Walton and B. Wynder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0405029},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
14 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Eur. J. Phys