Weyl quantization

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Weyl quantization is a mathematical procedure in quantum mechanics that systematically associates classical observables with quantum operators in a symmetric and coordinate-independent way.

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instanceOf mathematical formalism in quantum mechanics ⓘ
phase-space quantization method ⓘ
quantization scheme ⓘ
alternativeTo anti-normal (Berezin–Toeplitz) quantization ⓘ
normal ordering quantization ⓘ
assumes canonical position and momentum variables ⓘ
basedOn classical phase space ⓘ
symplectic structure ⓘ
characterizedBy self-adjoint operators for real classical observables ⓘ
use of mid-point rule in phase space ⓘ
compatibleWith symplectic covariance ⓘ
definedOn cotangent bundle of configuration space ⓘ
ensures symmetric ordering of position and momentum operators ⓘ
field mathematical physics ⓘ
operator theory ⓘ
quantum mechanics ⓘ
symplectic geometry ⓘ
formalismType phase-space operator correspondence ⓘ
generalizes canonical quantization ⓘ
hasProperty coordinate-independent ⓘ
invertible on suitable function spaces ⓘ
linear ⓘ
symmetrically ordered ⓘ
influenced modern deformation quantization theory ⓘ
introducedBy Hermann Weyl ⓘ
introducedIn 1920s ⓘ
maps classical observables to quantum observables ⓘ
mapsFrom functions on phase space ⓘ
mapsTo operators on Hilbert space ⓘ
namedAfter Hermann Weyl ⓘ
relatedTo Moyal product ⓘ
Weyl calculus ⓘ
linked to: Weyl quantization

Wigner quasi-probability distribution ⓘ
Wigner–Weyl transform ⓘ
deformation quantization ⓘ
pseudodifferential operators ⓘ
satisfies correspondence principle in semiclassical limit ⓘ
usedIn microlocal analysis ⓘ
quantum chaos ⓘ
semiclassical analysis ⓘ
signal processing ⓘ
usesConcept Fourier transform ⓘ
linked to: Fourier analysis

Heisenberg group ⓘ
linked to: Lie group

canonical commutation relations ⓘ
classical observable ⓘ
phase-space function ⓘ
quantum operator ⓘ

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Hermann Weyl → knownFor → Weyl quantization ⓘ
Wigner distribution function → relatedTo → Weyl transform ⓘ
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Wigner distribution function → relatedTo → Weyl–Wigner phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics ⓘ
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Hermann Weyl → knownFor → Weyl quantization ⓘ
subject linked to: Weyl
Weyl quantization → relatedTo → Weyl calculus ⓘ
linked to: Weyl quantization
Moyal bracket → relatedTo → Wigner–Weyl transform ⓘ
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Moyal bracket → usedIn → Wigner–Moyal formalism ⓘ
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Moyal product → usedFor → Wigner–Weyl phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics ⓘ
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Stone–von Neumann theorem → relatedTo → Weyl quantization ⓘ