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That strange procedure called quantisation

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

This is a pedagogical and (almost) self-contained introduction into the theorem of Groenewold and van Howe, which states that a naive transcription of Dirac's quantisation rules cannot work. Some related issues in quantisation theory are also discussed. First-class constrained systems are briefly described in a slightly more `global' fashion.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0304202,
  title  = {That strange procedure called quantisation},
  author = {Domenico Giulini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0304202},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

28 pages, no figures, contribution to the conference ``Aspects of Quantum Gravity -- From Theory to Experimental Search'', Bad Honnef (Ger) 2002