Second-order superintegrable systems in conformally flat spaces. V. Two- and three-dimensional quantum systems
Author(s) -
E. G. Kalnins,
J. M. Kress,
Willard Miller
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1063/1.2337849
Subject(s) - quantum , homogeneous space , quadratic equation , series (stratigraphy) , order (exchange) , quantum system , physics , extension (predicate logic) , pure mathematics , mathematics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , geometry , finance , economics , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language
This paper is the conclusion of a series that lays the groundwork for a structure and classification theory of second-order superintegrable systems, both classical and quantum, in conformally flat spaces. For two-dimensional and for conformally flat three-dimensional spaces with nondegenerate potentials we have worked out the structure of the classical systems and shown that the quadratic algebra always closes at order 6. Here we describe the quantum analogs of these results. We show that, for nondegenerate potentials, each classical system has a unique quantum extension. We also correct an error in an earlier paper in the series (that does not alter the structure results) and we elucidate the distinction between superintegrable systems with bases of functionally linearly independent and functionally linearly dependent symmetries
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