The pure state space of quantum mechanics as Hermitian symmetric space

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 267-284

  Cirelli, Renzo ^a,b   Gatti, M ^a,b   Mania A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geodesics; Poisson algebras; Quantum states; Riemannian manifolds; Superposition principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037346439     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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