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arxiv: hep-th/9511025 · v1 · pith:4XB3ZW2Mnew · submitted 1995-11-04 · ✦ hep-th

How to construct a coordinate representation of a Hamiltonian operator on a torus

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords coordinatesystemcartesianrepresentationtoriccommutationrelationssystems
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The dynamical system of a point particle constrained on a torus is quantized \`a la Dirac with two kinds of coordinate systems respectively; the Cartesian and toric coordinate systems. In the Cartesian coordinate system, it is difficult to express momentum operators in coordinate representation owing to the complication in structure of the commutation relations between canonical variables. In the toric coordinate system, the commutation relations have a simple form and their solutions in coordinate representation are easily obtained with, furthermore, two quantum Hamiltonians turning up. A problem comes out when the coordinate system is transformed, after quantization, from the Cartesian to the toric coordinate system.

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