Universe (Jan 2022)

Semiheaps and Ternary Algebras in Quantum Mechanics Revisited

  • Andrew James Bruce

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8010056
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
p. 56

Abstract

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We re-examine the appearance of semiheaps and (para-associative) ternary algebras in quantum mechanics. In particular, we review the construction of a semiheap on a Hilbert space and the set of bounded operators on a Hilbert space. The new aspect of this work is a discussion of how symmetries of a quantum system induce homomorphisms of the relevant semiheaps and ternary algebras.

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