Comments on a Full Quantization of the Torus

Abstract

Gotay showed that a representation of the whole Poisson algebra of the torus given by geometric quantization is irreducible with respect to the most natural overcomplete set of observables. We study this representation and argue that it cannot be considered as physically acceptable. In particular, classically bounded observables are quantized by operators with unbounded spectrum. Effectively, the latter amounts to lifting the constraints that compactify both directions in the torus.

10 pages. New "Discussion" section. References added. To appear in IJMPA

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