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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Lie algebra and the quantisation of momenta and the Hamiltonian

Kay-Kong Wan, Caesar P. Viazminsky

Published May 1, 1979• 5 citations
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Abstract

A common assumption that quantisation is simply a representation of the Lie algebra of classical observables by a Lie algebra of self-adjoint operators in Hilbert space is shown to be generally invalid.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/12/5/013

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