Quantum Super-Integrable Systems as Exactly Solvable Models

Abstract

We consider some examples of quantum super-integrable systems and the associated nonlinear extensions of Lie algebras. The intimate relationship between super-integrability and exact solvability is illustrated. Eigenfunctions are constructed through the action of the commuting operators. Finite dimensional representations of the quadratic algebras are thus constructed in a way analogous to that of the highest weight representations of Lie algebras.

Keywords

• quantum integrability
• super-integrability
• exact solvability
• Laplace-Beltrami