Weyl algebra

E117658

The Weyl algebra is a fundamental noncommutative algebra generated by position and momentum operators satisfying canonical commutation relations, central in quantum mechanics and representation theory.

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Label Occurrences
Weyl algebra canonical 1
Weyl algebras 1
Weyl skew field 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Noetherian ring ⓘ
Weyl algebra ⓘ
algebra over a field ⓘ
associative algebra ⓘ
domain ⓘ
filtered algebra ⓘ
noncommutative algebra ⓘ
simple ring ⓘ
appearsIn algebraic geometry ⓘ
microlocal analysis ⓘ
associatedGradedIs polynomial ring in 2n variables ⓘ
generalization nth Weyl algebra An(k) ⓘ
hasAlternativeDescription algebra generated by x and d/dx with [d/dx,x]=1 ⓘ
algebra of polynomial differential operators ⓘ
hasApplicationIn mathematical physics ⓘ
hasBaseField field of characteristic zero ⓘ
hasCanonicalRepresentation Schrödinger representation on L2(Rn) ⓘ
action on polynomial ring by differential operators ⓘ
hasCenter base field ⓘ
hasCommutationRelations canonical commutation relations ⓘ
hasDimension countably infinite as vector space over base field ⓘ
hasFiltration order of differential operators ⓘ
hasGenerator momentum operator p ⓘ
position operator x ⓘ
hasGenerators xi, ∂i for i=1,…,n ⓘ
hasModuleCategory category of D-modules on affine space ⓘ
hasPresentation k⟨x,∂⟩/(∂x - x∂ - 1) ⓘ
hasStandardExample first Weyl algebra A1(k) ⓘ
linked to: Weyl algebra
isCentralIn D-module theory ⓘ
algebraic analysis ⓘ
quantum mechanics ⓘ
representation theory ⓘ
isGradedBy order filtration degree ⓘ
isNoetherian true ⓘ
isPIAlgebra false ⓘ
isQuantizationOf polynomial algebra on symplectic vector space ⓘ
isSimple true ⓘ
namedAfter Hermann Weyl ⓘ
obtainedBy universal enveloping algebra of Heisenberg Lie algebra modulo central relation ⓘ
relatedTo Heisenberg Lie algebra ⓘ
satisfiesProperty Auslander regular ⓘ
homologically smooth ⓘ
satisfiesRelation [p,x] = 1 ⓘ
[xi,xj] = 0 ⓘ
[∂i,xj] = δij ⓘ
[∂i,∂j] = 0 ⓘ
p x - x p = 1 ⓘ
usedIn Heisenberg representation ⓘ
Schrödinger representation ⓘ
canonical quantization ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hermann Weyl → knownFor → Weyl algebra ⓘ
Weyl algebra → hasStandardExample → first Weyl algebra A1(k) ⓘ
linked to: Weyl algebra
Gel'fand–Kirillov conjecture → concerns → Weyl algebras ⓘ
linked to: Weyl algebra
Gel'fand–Kirillov conjecture → topic → Weyl skew field ⓘ
linked to: Weyl algebra