commit 57d43b71cb63fa7e36c683ff49013cfea8f7dbe2
parent 0954654252b65c455d2437498da4021e0bc5ce0a
Author: miksa <milutin@popovic.xyz>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:37:27 +0100
Noted answers to questions and added pdf file, no compiling needed
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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ matrix multiplication and the hermitian conjugate of matrices.
\begin{question}
Can isomorphisms between $C(X)$ and $\mathbb{C}^N$ be shown with matrix factorization?
\end{question}
- isomorphisms are bijective perserve strucure and dont lose physical information
+ Isomorphisms are bijective preserve structure and don't lose physical information/
\subsubsection{Mapping Finite Discrete Spaces}
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ matrix multiplication and the hermitian conjugate of matrices.
For every map between finite discrete spaces there exists a corresponding map \\
$\phi ^*:C(X_2)\ \rightarrow C(X_1)$, which `pulls back' values even if $\phi$ is not bijective.
+Note that the pullback doesn't map points back, but maps functions on an $*$-algebra $C(X)$.
+
This map is called a pullback (or a $*$-homomorphism or a $*$-algebra map under pointwise product).
Under the pointwise product:
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ Under the pointwise product:
Consider $X_1$ with $n$ points and $X_2$ with $m$ points. Then there are three cases:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $n=m$ \\
- Obviously $\phi$ is bijective and $\phi ^*$ is given by $\phi ^{-1}$.
+ Obviously $\phi$ is bijective and $\phi ^*$ too.
\item $n > m$ \\
$\phi$ assigns $n$ points to $m$ points when $n > m$,
which is by definition surjective. \\
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ Or we can allow more morphisms(isomorphisms) between matrix algebras.
Why are non-commutative algebras not physically interesting?
Maybe too far fetched,but because physical observables (QM-Operators) are not commutative?
\end{question}
+Exactly.
\subsubsection{Finite Inner Product Spaces and Representations}
Until now we looked at a finite topological discreet space, moreover we can consider a
@@ -221,6 +224,7 @@ Examples for reducible and irreducible representations
\begin{question}
In matrix representation this is diagonalization condition? (unitary diagonalization)
\end{question}
+Yes
\begin{definition}
$A$ a $*$-algebra then, $\hat{A}$ is called the structure space of all \textit{unitary equivalence classes
@@ -231,6 +235,7 @@ Examples for reducible and irreducible representations
Gelfand duality and the spectrum of $\hat{A}$, examples Fourier-Transform and Laplace-Transform
for simple spaces.
\end{question}
+More on that in later chapters.
\begin{exercise}
Given $(H, \pi)$ of a $*$-algebra $A$, the \textbf{commutant} $\pi (A)'$ of $\pi (A)$ is defined as a set
@@ -291,10 +296,6 @@ Examples for reducible and irreducible representations
this duality is called the \textit{finite dimensional Gelfand duality}
\end{itemize}
-\begin{question}
- More about Gelfand duality?
-\end{question}
-
\subsection{Noncommutative Matrix Algebras}
Aim is to construct duality between finite dimensional spaces and \textit{equivalence classes}
of matrix algebras, to preserve general non-commutivity of matrices.
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ Remark on the notation
\end{exercise}
\begin{solution}
- $\gamma: A\times A\times A \rightarrow A$ which is trivially given by the inner product of the $*$-algebra.
+ $\gamma: A\times A\times A \rightarrow A$ which is given by the inner product of the $*$-algebra.
\end{solution}
\end{document}