Quantum Monads in Phase Space and Related Toeplitz Operators
Abstract
In earlier work, we introduced quantum blobs as minimum-uncertainty symplectic ellipsoids in phase space. These objects may be viewed as geometric monads in the Leibnizian sense, representing the elementary units of phase-space structure consistent with the uncertainty principle. We establish a one-to-one correspondence between such monads and generalized coherent states, represented by arbitrary non-degenerate Gaussian wave functions in configuration space. To each of these states, we associate a classs of Toeplitz operators that extends the standard anti-Wick quantization scheme. The mathematical and physical properties of these operators are analyzed, allowing for a generalized definition of density matrices within the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.06491,
title = {Quantum Monads in Phase Space and Related Toeplitz Operators},
author = {Maurice de Gosson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.06491},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
First version; to be submitted to FOOP