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Discrete symmetries in classical and quantum oscillators

Quantum Physics 2026-01-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

We consider the nature of the wave function using the example of a harmonic oscillator. We show that the eigenfunctions ψn=zn\psi_n{=}z^n of the quantum Hamiltonian in the complex Bargmann-Fock-Segal representation with zCz\in\mathbb C are the coordinates of a classical oscillator with energy En=ωnE_n=\hbar\omega n, n=0,1,2,...n=0,1,2,...\,. They are defined on conical spaces C/Zn{\mathbb C}/{\mathbb Z}_n with cone angles 2π/n2\pi/n, which are embedded as subspaces in the phase space C\mathbb C of the classical oscillator. Here Zn{\mathbb Z}_n is the finite cyclic group of rotations of the space C\mathbb C by an angle 2π/n2\pi/n. The superposition ψ=ncnψn\psi =\sum_n c_n\psi_n of the eigenfunctions ψn\psi_n arises only with incomplete knowledge of the initial data for solving the Schr\"odinger equation, when the conditions of invariance with respect to the discrete groups Zn{\mathbb Z}_n are not imposed and the general solution takes into account all possible initial data parametrized by the numbers nNn\in\mathbb N.

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@article{arxiv.2601.01960,
  title  = {Discrete symmetries in classical and quantum oscillators},
  author = {Alexander D. Popov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.01960},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages

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