Poincaré Symmetry from Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Relations

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2019-3-20

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Başkal, Sibel
Kim , Young S.
Noz, Marilyn E

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<jats:p>It is noted that the single-variable Heisenberg commutation relation contains the symmetry of the S p ( 2 ) group which is isomorphic to the Lorentz group applicable to one time-like dimension and two space-like dimensions, known as the S O ( 2 , 1 ) group. According to Paul A. M. Dirac, from the uncertainty commutation relations for two variables, it possible to construct the de Sitter group S O ( 3 , 2 ) , namely the Lorentz group applicable to three space-like variables and two time-like variables. By contracting one of the time-like variables in S O ( 3 , 2 ) , it is possible to construct the inhomogeneous Lorentz group I S O ( 3 , 1 ) which serves as the fundamental symmetry group for quantum mechanics and quantum field theory in the Lorentz-covariant world. This I S O ( 3 , 1 ) group is commonly known as the Poincaré group.</jats:p>

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Computer Science (miscellaneous), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Chemistry (miscellaneous), General Mathematics

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51652

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