Quantum uncertainty and symplectic capacity

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Abstract

In geometric quantum mechanics, a quantum system is described as a Hamiltonian dynamical system, with a complex projective Hilbert space as its phase space. The symplectic geometry of the quantum phase space shows the Robertson-Schrodinger uncertainty relation as an example of the energy identity from the theory of $J$-holomorphic curves. The identity relates the minimal uncertainty product for two quantum observables to a symplectic capacity, suggesting interesting relationships between the concepts of information capacity and symplectic capacity.

Authors

  • Barbara Sanborn

    Antioch College