Scale calculus and the Schrödinger equation
Author(s) -
Jacky Cresson
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of mathematical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.708
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1089-7658
pISSN - 0022-2488
DOI - 10.1063/1.1618923
Subject(s) - mathematics , time scale calculus , quantization (signal processing) , differential calculus , schrödinger's cat , schrödinger equation , differentiable function , calculus (dental) , mathematical analysis , multivariable calculus , medicine , dentistry , algorithm , control engineering , engineering
We introduce the scale calculus, which generalizes the classical differentialcalculus to non differentiable functions. The new derivative is called thescale difference operator. We also introduce the notions of fractal functions,minimal resolution, and quantum representation of a non differentiablefunction. We then define a scale quantization procedure for classicalLagrangian systems inspired by the Scale relativity theory developped byNottale. We prove that the scale quantization of Newtionian mechanics is a nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Under some specific assumptions, we obtain theclassical linear Schrodinger equation.Comment: 49 page
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