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Quantum Mechanics on Manifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A definition of quantum mechanics on a manifold M M is proposed and a method to realize the definition is presented. This scheme is applicable to a homogeneous space M=G/H M = G / H . The realization is a unitary representation of the transformation group G G on the space of vector bundle-valued functions. When H{e} H \ne \{ e \} , there exist a number of inequivalent realizations. As examples, quantum mechanics on a sphere Sn S^n , a torus Tn T^n and a projective space \RP \RP are studied. In any case, it is shown that there are an infinite number of inequivalent realizations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9306144,
  title  = {Quantum Mechanics on Manifolds},
  author = {Shogo Tanimura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9306144},
  year   = {2007}
}

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34 pages

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