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Abelian connection in Fedosov deformation quantization. I. The 2-dimensional phase space
Mathematical Physics · Submitted 28 Feb 2006 · 18 references
Pith's verdict: A 2D no-go theorem for the Fedosov Abelian connection with a real proof gap in the key lemma; worth a serious referee.
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The paper
The paper claims
On any curved two-dimensional symplectic manifold, the standard Fedosov Abelian connection is an infinite formal series, so strict Fedosov quantization cannot come from a finite correction of that form.
The reading
What carries the argument
The central object is the Fedosov Abelian connection $\tilde\Gamma=\omega_{ij}X^i dq^j+\Gamma+r$, where $r$ is a 1-form with values in the Weyl bundle (fibrewise formal power series in auxiliary coordinates $X^i$ with the associative $\circ$-product). It solves $\delta r=R^\Gamma+\partial_\Gamma r+\frac{1}{i\hbar}r\circ r$ together with $\delta^{-1}r=0$. The argument is carried by the homogeneous-degree decomposition $r[z]$ (degree $2k+l$ for a term $\hbar^k X^{i_1}\cdots X^{i_l}$) and the recurrence (3.6), $r[z]=\delta^{-1}\left(\partial_\Gamma r[z-1]+\frac{1}{i\hbar}\sum_{j=3}^{z-2}r[j]\circ r[z+1-j]\right)$, together with Proposition 4.1, which rules out a nontrivial even-$\hbar$ 2-form whose $\delta^{-1}$-image squares to zero. The proof of the proposition reduces the vanishing condition to the triangular coefficient system (4.16) and solves it successively; that elimination is what converts the recurrence into an infinite chain.
Extended reading notes
Core claim
The central claim is Theorem 4.1: on a real 2-dimensional symplectic manifold with nonvanishing symplectic curvature form $R^\Gamma$, the Fedosov Abelian connection $\tilde\Gamma=\omega_{ij}X^i dq^j+\Gamma+r$ determined by equation (2.17) with $\delta^{-1}r=0$ is never a finite formal series. Theorem 3.1 first characterizes finiteness by the system of equations (3.8a)--(3.8d) for the homogeneous components $r[z]$, $3\le z\le m-1$. Proposition 4.1 then supplies a nonvanishing lemma: for a homogeneous 2-form $F$ containing only even powers of $\hbar$, the product $\delta^{-1}F\circ\delta^{-1}F$ vanishes if and only if $F$ vanishes. Since $r[3]=\delta^{-1}R^\Gamma\ne0$, the lemma makes every computed component $r[z]$ produce $r[z]\circ r[z]\ne0$, so Theorem 3.1 requires a nonzero component of higher degree, and the ladder never stops. The theorem is scoped to the Fedosov iteration with $\delta^{-1}r=0$; it does not cover the finite Abelian connection found by Tamarkin on Kähler locally symmetric manifolds, for which $\delta^{-1}r\neq0$.
Load-bearing premise
The entire argument rests on the claim that the coefficient equations obtained from $\delta^{-1}F\circ\delta^{-1}F=0$ have no nonzero solution for an even-$\hbar$ homogeneous 2-form $F$; the paper solves the first few cases and then says the rest follow by repetition, so an unexamined later coefficient could in principle survive.
Editorial extensions
If this is right
- If Theorem 4.1 is correct, a curved 2-dimensional Fedosov manifold admits no strict Fedosov quantization whose Abelian connection is of the iterative form (2.17)--(2.18): the correction $r$ contains homogeneous terms of arbitrarily high degree.
- The criterion of Theorem 3.1 reduces the question "is the Abelian connection finite?" to checking the finite system (3.8a)--(3.8d) at some $m\geq4$; if no such $m$ exists, the connection is infinite.
- In 2D the nonvanishing lemma verifies the sufficient condition of Corollary 3.4: $r[z]\circ r[z]\neq0$ for every $z\geq3$, so infinitude follows from the lowest nonflat term alone.
- The theorem is limited to the Fedosov connection with $\delta^{-1}r=0$; it does not preclude finite Abelian connections of other types, and the paper points to Tamarkin's example on Kähler locally symmetric manifolds as one such case.
Reading between the lines
- The proof of Proposition 4.1 suggests that the quadratic map $b\mapsto\delta^{-1}F\circ\delta^{-1}F$ is injective on even-$\hbar$ homogeneous 2-forms in two dimensions; one editorial test is to see whether dropping the even-$\hbar$ hypothesis admits nonzero nilpotent 2-forms, which would locate exactly where two-dimensionality enters.
- Because the paper proves only the connection side, the question whether flat sections $a$ in (2.19) also require infinitely many terms on curved 2D spaces remains open; if they do, every local star product built this way would be a genuine all-orders deformation.
- The coefficient elimination in (4.15) is finite for each degree $z$, so the infinite-series claim could be checked by computing the first several degrees in an explicit curved 2D example; a numerical implementation would give independent evidence for or against the theorem.
Original abstract
General properties of an Abelian connection in Fedosov deformation quantization are investigated. Definition and criterion of being a finite formal series for an Abelian connection are presented. A proof that in 2-dimensional (2-D) case the Abelian connection is an ifinite formal series is done.
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General properties of an Abelian connection in Fedosov deformation quantization are investigated. Definition and criterion of being a finite formal series for an Abelian connection are presented. A proof that in 2-dimensional (2-D) case the Abelian connection is an ifinite formal series is done.
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| s0 | General properties of an Abelian connection in Fedosov deformation quantization are investigated. | contribution 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.06 | asserted 0.70 |
| s1 | Definition and criterion of being a finite formal series for an Abelian connection are presented. | contribution 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.07 | asserted 0.98 |
| s2 | A proof that in 2-dimensional (2-D) case the Abelian connection is an ifinite formal series is done. | result 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.71 | asserted 1.00 |
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