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Strong Time Operators Associated with Generalized Hamiltonians

Letters in Mathematical Physics volume 87, Article number: 115 (2009) Cite this article

Abstract

Let the pair of operators, (H, T), satisfy the weak Weyl relation:

$$T{\rm e}^{-itH}={\rm e}^{-itH}(T+t),$$

where H is self-adjoint and T is closed symmetric. Suppose that g is a real-valued Lebesgue measurable function on \({\mathbb {R}}\) such that \({g\in C^2(\mathbb {R}\backslash K)}\) for some closed subset \({K\subset\mathbb {R}}\) with Lebesgue measure zero. Then we can construct a closed symmetric operator D such that (g(H), D) also obeys the weak Weyl relation.

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  1. Graduate School of Mathematics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Fumio Hiroshima & Sotaro Kuribayashi

  2. Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Yasumichi Matsuzawa

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Hiroshima, F., Kuribayashi, S. & Matsuzawa, Y. Strong Time Operators Associated with Generalized Hamiltonians. Lett Math Phys 87, 115 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-008-0287-y

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  • 81Q10
  • 47N50

Keywords

  • canonical commutation relation
  • Weyl relation
  • weak Weyl relation
  • Hamiltonian
  • time operator
  • strong time operator