Quantum Harmonic Oscillator as a Zariski Geometry
Logic
2013-01-28 v3
Abstract
We carry out a model-theoretic analysis of the Heisenberg algebra. To this end, a geometric structure is associated to the Heisenberg algebra and is shown to be a Zariski geometry. Furthermore, this Zariski geometry is shown to be non-classical, in the sense that it is not interpretable in an algebraically closed field. On assuming self-adjointness of the position and momentum operators, one obtains a discrete substructure of which the original Zariski geometry is seen as the complexification.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0909.4415,
title = {Quantum Harmonic Oscillator as a Zariski Geometry},
author = {Vinesh Solanki and Dmitry Sustretov and Boris Zilber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4415},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
some typos corrected