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Inequivalent Representations of Canonical Commutation and Anti-Commutation Relations

Representation-theoretical Viewpoint for Quantum Phenomena

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  • Presents a unified viewpoint for quantum physics, both in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory
  • Clarifies physical meanings of inequivalent representations of CCR or CAR
  • Gives representation–theoretical analyses to infinite renormalizations in some quantum field models
  • Includes representation–theoretical characterizations for fundamental quantities such as masses and charges
  • Contains mathematical descriptions in detail throughout the main text

Part of the book series: Mathematical Physics Studies (MPST)

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About this book

Canonical commutation relations (CCR) and canonical anti-commutation relations (CAR) are basic principles in quantum physics including both quantum mechanics with finite degrees of freedom and quantum field theory. From a structural viewpoint, quantum physics can be primarily understood as Hilbert space representations of CCR or CAR. There are many interesting physical phenomena which can be more clearly understood from a representation–theoretical viewpoint with CCR or CAR. This book provides an introduction to representation theories of CCR and CAR in view of quantum physics. Particular emphases are put on the importance of inequivalent representations of CCR or CAR, which may be related to characteristic physical phenomena. The topics presented include general theories of representations of CCR and CAR with finite and infinite degrees of freedom, the Aharonov–Bohm effect, time operators, quantum field theories based on Fock spaces, Bogoliubov transformations, and relations of infinite renormalizations with inequivalent representations of CCR. This book can be used as a text for an advanced topics course in mathematical physics or mathematics.

Reviews

“The monograph under review gives a perspective on the various realizations of the canonical commutation/anti-commutation relations with finitely or infinitely many degrees of freedom. This is a welcome addition to the literature in this research area, which emphasizes the applications to quantum physics.” (Daniel Beltiţă, Mathematical Reviews, October, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Asao Arai

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inequivalent Representations of Canonical Commutation and Anti-Commutation Relations

  • Book Subtitle: Representation-theoretical Viewpoint for Quantum Phenomena

  • Authors: Asao Arai

  • Series Title: Mathematical Physics Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2180-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2179-9Published: 05 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2182-9Published: 05 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2180-5Published: 04 February 2020

  • Series ISSN: 0921-3767

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-3905

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 493

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematical Physics, Quantum Physics, Functional Analysis

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