Journal of Mathematical Physics

Quantization of the Liouville mechanics for systems with singular Lagrangians

B. Boisseau, Claude Barrabès

Published May 1, 1978• 4 citations

Abstract

Quantum mechanics, in phase space formulation, is directly deduced from the Liouville mechanics by a correspondence principle. The latter is applied to systems with singular Lagrangians.

DOI: 10.1063/1.523764

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