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Quantum states defined over a parameter space form a Grassmann manifold. To capture the geometry of the associated gauge structure, gauge-invariant quantities are essential. We employ the projector of a multilevel system to quantify the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Shin-Ming Huang , Dimitrios Giataganas

In this paper, we study the $G$-representation and character varieties of non-orientable closed surfaces. By means of a geometric method based on a Topological Quantum Field Theory (TQFT), we compute the virtual classes of these varieties…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-02 Jesse Vogel

The geometric form of standard quantum mechanics is compatible with the two postulates: 1) The laws of physics are invariant under the choice of experimental setup and 2) Every quantum observation or event is intrinsically statistical.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Djordje Minic , Chia-Hsiung Tze

We reconsider differential geometry from the point of view of the quantum theory of non-relativistic spinning particles, which provides examples of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. This enables us to encode geometrical structure in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 J. Froehlich , O. Grandjean , A. Recknagel

In this work it is shown that there is an inherent nonlinear evolution in the dynamics of the so-called generalized coherent states. To show this, the immersion of a classical manifold into the Hilbert space of quantum mechanics is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Hans Cruz-Prado , Giuseppe Marmo , Dieter Schuch , Octavio Castaños

The quantum mechanics is proved to admit no hidden-variable in 1960s, which means the quantum systems are contextual. Revealing the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics is a significant task. We develop the approach of partial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 Songyi Liu , Yongjun Wang , Baoshan Wang , Jian Yan , Heng Zhou

We develop a variational framework for addressing two-dimensional non-integrable quantum field theories through the exact structure of their integrable counterparts. Concentrating on the $\varphi^4$ Landau-Ginzburg model, we use the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-19 Arthur Hutsalyuk , Márton Lájer , Giuseppe Mussardo , Andrea Stampiggi

In this paper I will investigate geometrical structures of multipartite quantum systems based on complex projective varieties. These varieties are important in characterization of quantum entangled states. In particular I will establish…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Hoshang Heydari

The time dependent quantum variational principle is emerging as an important means of studying quantum dynamics, particularly in early universe scenarios. To date all investigations have worked within a Gaussian framework. Here we present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-06 Gareth J. Cheetham , E. J. Copeland

Most approaches towards a quantum theory of gravitation indicate the existence of a minimal length scale of the order of the Planck length. Quantum mechanical models incorporating such an intrinsic length scale call for a deformation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-21 Won Sang Chung , Georg Junker , Hassan Hassanabadi

Graph states are the backbone of measurement-based continuous-variable quantum computation. However, experimental realisations of these states induce Gaussian measurement statistics for the field quadratures, which poses a barrier to obtain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-30 Mattia Walschaers , Supratik Sarkar , Valentina Parigi , Nicolas Treps

Geometric quantum mechanics aims to express the physical properties of quantum systems in terms of geometrical features preferentially selected in the space of pure states. Geometric characterisations are given here for systems of one, two,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-06-13 Dorje C. Brody , Anna C. T. Gustavsson , Lane P. Hughston

Quantum algorithms for quantum dynamics simulations are traditionally based on implementing a Trotter-approximation of the time-evolution operator. This approach typically relies on deep circuits and is therefore hampered by the substantial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-06 Alexander Miessen , Pauline J. Ollitrault , Ivano Tavernelli

Classical algorithms for predicting the equilibrium geometry of strongly correlated molecules require expensive wave function methods that become impractical already for few-atom systems. In this work, we introduce a variational quantum…

Finite-dimensional Quantum Mechanics can be geometrically formulated as a proper classical-like Hamiltonian theory in a projective Hilbert space. The description of composite quantum systems within the geometric Hamiltonian framework is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Davide Pastorello

In a quantum mechanical treatment of gauge theories (including general relativity), one is led to consider a certain completion, $\agb$, of the space $\ag$ of gauge equivalent connections. This space serves as the quantum configuration…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Abhay Ashtekar , Jerzy Lewandowski

We investigate a singularly perturbed, non-convex variational problem arising in materials science with a combination of geometrical and numerical methods. Our starting point is a work by Stefan M\"uller, where it is proven that the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Annalisa Iuorio , Christian Kuehn , Peter Szmolyan

Observable properties of a classical physical system can be modelled deterministically as functions from the space of pure states to outcomes; dually, states can be modelled as functions from the algebra of observables to outcomes. The…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Nadish de Silva , Rui Soares Barbosa

This paper presents the geometric setting of quantum variational principles and extends it to comprise the interaction between classical and quantum degrees of freedom. Euler-Poincar\'e reduction theory is applied to the Schr\"odinger,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-31 Esther Bonet Luz , Cesare Tronci

Systems of ordinary differential equations (or dynamical forms in Lagrangian mechanics), induced by embeddings of smooth fibered manifolds over one-dimensional basis, are considered in the class of variational equations. For a given…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Demeter Krupka , Zbyněk Urban , Jana Volná