locally compact quantum groups from von Neumann/- algebras with Haar measures
0.1 Hilbert spaces, Von Neumann algebras and Quantum Groups
John von Neumann introduced a mathematical foundation for Quantum Mechanics in the form of-algebras
(http://planetmath.org/WeakHopfCAlgebra2)of (quantum) bounded operators
in a (quantum:= presumed separable, i.e. with a countable basis) Hilbert space
. Recently, suchvon Neumann algebras
, (http://planetmath.org/WeakHopfCAlgebra2) and/or (more generally) C*-algebras are, for example, employed to definelocally compact quantum groups
(http://planetmath.org/LocallyCompactQuantumGroup) by equipping suchalgebras with a co-associative multiplication
(http://planetmath.org/WeakHopfCAlgebra2)and also with associated, both left– and right– Haar measures, defined by two semi-finite normal weights[1].
0.1.1 Remark on Jordan-Banach-von Neumann (JBW) algebras,
A Jordan–Banach algebra (a JB–algebra for short) is both a real Jordan algebra
and aBanach space
, where for all , we have the following.
A JLB–algebra is a –algebra together with a Poisson bracket forwhich it becomes a Jordan–Lie algebra for some . Such JLB–algebras oftenconstitute the real part of several widely studied complex associative algebras.For the purpose of quantization, there are fundamental relations
between, JLB and Poisson algebras (http://planetmath.org/JordanBanachAndJordanLieAlgebras).
Definition 0.1.
A JB–algebra which is monotone complete and admits a separating set of normal sets iscalled a JBW-algebra.
These appeared in the work of von Neumann who developed an orthomodular lattice theory of projections on on which to study quantum logic. BW-algebras have the following property: whereas is a J(L)B–algebra, the self-adjoint part of a von Neumann algebra is a JBW–algebra.
References
- 1 Leonid Vainerman. 2003.http://planetmath.org/?op=getobj&from=books&id=160“Locally Compact Quantum Groups and Groupoids
”:
Proceedings of the Meeting of Theoretical Physicists and Mathematicians, Strasbourg, February 21-23, 2002., Walter de Gruyter Gmbh & Co: Berlin. - 2 Von Neumann and thehttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-nvd/Foundations of Quantum Theory
.
- 3 Bhm, A., 1966, Rigged Hilbert Space
and Mathematical Description of Physical Systems, Physica A, 236: 485-549.
- 4 Bhm, A. and Gadella, M., 1989, Dirac Kets, Gamow Vectors and Gel’fand Triplets, New York: Springer-Verlag.
- 5 Dixmier, J., 1981, Von Neumann Algebras, Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company. [First published in French in 1957: Les Alge’bres d’Ope’rateurs dans l’Espace Hilbertien, Paris: Gauthier-Villars.]
- 6 Gelfand, I. and Neumark, M., 1943, On the Imbedding of Normed Rings into the Ring of Operators in Hilbert Space,Recueil Mathe’matique [Matematicheskii Sbornik] Nouvelle Se’rie, 12 [54]: 197-213. [Reprinted in C*-algebras: 1943-1993, in the series Contemporary Mathematics, 167, Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, 1994.]
- 7 Grothendieck, A., 1955, Produits Tensoriels Topologiques et Espaces Nuclaires,Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 16: 1-140.
- 8 Horuzhy, S. S., 1990, Introduction to Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- 9 J. von Neumann.,1955, Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics., Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. [First published in German in 1932: Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik, Berlin: Springer.]
- 10 J. von Neumann, 1937, Quantum Mechanics of Infinite
Systems, first published in (Radei and Statzner 2001, 249-268). [A mimeographed version of a lecture given at Pauli’s seminar held at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1937, John von Neumann Archive, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]