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We give a classification, up to unitary equivalence, of the representations of the C*-algebra of the Canonical Commutation Relations which generalizes the classical Stone–von Neumann Theorem to the case of representations which are strongly measurable, but not necessarily strongly continuous. The classification includes all the (nonregular) representations which have been considered in physical models.
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Cavallaro, S., Morchio, G. & Strocchi, F. A Generalization of the Stone–Von Neumann Theorem to Nonregular Representations of the CCR-Algebra. Letters in Mathematical Physics 47, 307–320 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007599222651
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