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Symplectic Microgeometry IV: Quantization

Symplectic Geometry 2021-09-01 v2

Abstract

We construct a special class of semiclassical Fourier integral operators whose wave fronts are symplectic micromorphisms. These operators have very good properties: they form a category on which the wave front map becomes a functor into the cotangent microbundle category, and they admit a total symbol calculus in terms of symplectic micromorphisms enhanced with half-density germs. This new operator category encompasses the semi-classical pseudo-differential calculus and offers a functorial framework for the semi-classical analysis of the Schr\"odinger equation. We also comment on applications to classical and quantum mechanics as well as to a functorial and geometrical approach to the quantization of Poisson manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2007.08167,
  title  = {Symplectic Microgeometry IV: Quantization},
  author = {Alberto S. Cattaneo and Benoit Dherin and Alan Weinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.08167},
  year   = {2021}
}

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47 pages