Banach Center Publications

Positive energy quantization of linear dynamics

Jan Dereziński, Christian Gérard

Published Jan 1, 2010• 4 citations

Abstract

The abstract mathematical structure behind the positive energy quantization of linear classical systems is described. It is separated into three stages: the description of a classical system, the algebraic quantization and the Hilbert space quantizatio

DOI: 10.4064/bc89-0-4

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