The spin-statistics relation in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and projective modules
Papadopoulos, Nikolaos A. ; Paschke, Mario ; Reyes, Andrés ; Scheck, Florian
Annales mathématiques Blaise Pascal, Tome 11 (2004), p. 205-220 / Harvested from Numdam
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In this work we consider non-relativistic quantum mechanics, obtained from a classical configuration space 𝒬 of indistinguishable particles. Following an approach proposed in [8], wave functions are regarded as elements of suitable projective modules over C(𝒬). We take furthermore into account the G-Theory point of view (cf. [HPRS,S]) where the role of group action is particularly emphasized. As an example illustrating the method, the case of two particles is worked out in detail. Previous works (cf. [BR1,BR2]) aiming at a proof of a spin-statistics theorem for non-relativistic quantum mechanics are re-considered from the point of view of our approach, enabling us to clarify several points.

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Papadopoulos, Nikolaos A.; Paschke, Mario; Reyes, Andrés; Scheck, Florian. The spin-statistics relation in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and projective modules. Annales mathématiques Blaise Pascal, Tome 11 (2004) pp. 205-220. doi : 10.5802/ambp.193. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AMBP_2004__11_2_205_0/

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