Quantum Mechanics Another Way
arXiv:physics/0405029 · doi:10.1088/0143-0807/25/4/008
Abstract
Deformation quantization (sometimes called phase-space quantization) is a formulation of quantum mechanics that is not usually taught to undergraduates. It is formally quite similar to classical mechanics: ordinary functions on phase space take the place of operators, but the functions are multiplied in an exotic way, using the star product. Here we attempt a brief, pedagogical discussion of deformation quantization, that is suitable for inclusion in an undergraduate course.
14 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Eur. J. Phys
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