Quantum two-dimensional superintegrable systems in flat space: exact-solvability, hidden algebra, polynomial algebra of integrals
Abstract
In this short review paper the detailed analysis of six two-dimensional quantum {\it superintegrable} systems in flat space is presented. It includes the Smorodinsky-Winternitz potentials I-II (the Holt potential), the Fokas-Lagerstrom model, the 3-body Calogero and Wolfes (equivalently, rational, or ) models, and the Tremblay-Turbiner-Winternitz (TTW) system with integer index . It is shown that all of them are exactly-solvable, thus, confirming the Montreal conjecture (2001); they admit algebraic forms for the Hamiltonian and both integrals (all three can be written as differential operators with polynomial coefficients without a constant term), they have polynomial eigenfunctions with the invariants of the discrete symmetry group of invariance taken as variables, they have hidden (Lie) algebraic structure with various , and they possess a (finite order) polynomial algebras of integrals. Each model is characterized by infinitely-many finite-dimensional invariant subspaces, which form the infinite flag. Each subspace coincides with the finite-dimensional representation space of the algebra for a certain . In all presented cases the algebra of integrals is a 4-generated infinite-dimensional algebra of ordered monomials of degrees 2,3,4,5, which is a subalgebra of the universal enveloping algebra of the hidden algebra.
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@article{arxiv.2512.24045,
title = {Quantum two-dimensional superintegrable systems in flat space: exact-solvability, hidden algebra, polynomial algebra of integrals},
author = {Alexander V Turbiner and Juan Carlos Lopez Vieyra and Pavel Winternitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24045},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
42 pages, invited review paper, typos fixed, Conclusions extended, two new references added, to be published in IJMPA