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bachelorthesis in physics
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Author: miksa <milutin@popovic.xyz>
Date:   Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:37:27 +0100

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diff --git a/week1.pdf b/week1.pdf Binary files differ. diff --git a/week1.tex b/week1.tex @@ -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}