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Wigner's theorem

Wigner's theorem, proved byEugene Wigner in 1931,[2] is a cornerstone of themathematical formulation of quantum mechanics. The theorem specifies how physicalsymmetries such asrotations,translations, andCPT transformations are represented on theHilbert space ofstates.

E.P. Wigner (1902–1995),ForMemRS, first proved the theorem bearing his name. It was a key step towards the modern classification scheme of particle types, according to which particle types are partly characterized by whichrepresentation of theLorentz group under which it transforms. The Lorentz group is a symmetry group of every relativisticquantum field theory. Wigner's early work laid the ground for what many physicists came to call thegroup theory disease[1] in quantum mechanics – or asHermann Weyl (co-responsible) puts it in hisThe Theory of Groups and Quantum Mechanics (preface to 2nd ed.), "It has been rumored that thegroup pest is gradually being cut out from quantum mechanics. This is certainly not true…"

The physical states in a quantum theory are represented byunit vectors in Hilbert space up to a phase factor, i.e. by the complex line orray the vector spans. In addition, by theBorn rule the absolute value of the unit vector'sinner product with a uniteigenvector, or equivalently thecosine squared of the angle between the lines the vectors span, corresponds to the transition probability.Ray space, in mathematics known asprojective Hilbert space, is the space of all unit vectors in Hilbert space up to the equivalence relation of differing by a phase factor. By Wigner's theorem, any transformation of ray space that preserves the absolute value of the inner products can be represented by aunitary orantiunitary transformation of Hilbert space, which is unique up to a phase factor. As a consequence, the representation of asymmetry group on ray space can be lifted to aprojective representation or sometimes even an ordinaryrepresentation on Hilbert space.

Rays and ray space

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It is apostulate of quantum mechanics that state vectors in complexseparableHilbert spaceH{\displaystyle H}  that are scalar nonzero multiples of each other represent the samepure state, i.e., the vectorsΨH{0}{\displaystyle \Psi \in H\setminus \{0\}}  andλΨ{\displaystyle \lambda \Psi } , withλC{0}{\displaystyle \lambda \in \mathbb {C} \setminus \{0\}} , represent the same state.[3] By multiplying the state vectors with thephase factor, one obtains a set of vectors called theray[4][5]

Ψ_={eiαΨ:αR}.{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}=\left\{e^{i\alpha }\Psi :\alpha \in \mathbb {R} \right\}.} 

Two nonzero vectorsΨ1,Ψ2{\displaystyle \Psi _{1},\Psi _{2}}  define the same ray, if and only if they differ by some nonzero complex number:Ψ1=λΨ2{\displaystyle \Psi _{1}=\lambda \Psi _{2}} . Alternatively, we can consider a rayΨ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}}  as a set of vectors with norm 1, aunit ray, by intersecting the lineΨ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}}  with the unit sphere[6]

SH={ΦHΦ2=1}{\displaystyle SH=\{\Phi \in H\mid \|\Phi \|^{2}=1\}} .

Two unit vectorsΨ1,Ψ2{\displaystyle \Psi _{1},\Psi _{2}}  then define the same unit rayΨ1_=Ψ2_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi _{1}}}={\underline {\Psi _{2}}}}  if they differ by a phase factor:Ψ1=eiαΨ2{\displaystyle \Psi _{1}=e^{i\alpha }\Psi _{2}} . This is the more usual picture in physics. The set of rays is in one to one correspondence with the set of unit rays and we can identify them. There is also a one-to-one correspondence between physical pure statesρ{\displaystyle \rho }  and (unit) raysΦ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Phi }}}  given by

ρ=PΦ=|ΦΦ|Φ|Φ{\displaystyle \rho =P_{\Phi }={\frac {|\Phi \rangle \langle \Phi |}{\langle \Phi |\Phi \rangle }}} 

wherePΦ{\displaystyle P_{\Phi }}  is theorthogonal projection on the lineΦ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Phi }}} . In either interpretation, ifΦΨ_{\displaystyle \Phi \in {\underline {\Psi }}}  orPΦ=PΨ{\displaystyle P_{\Phi }=P_{\Psi }}  thenΦ{\displaystyle \Phi }  is arepresentative ofΨ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}} .[nb 1]

The space of all rays is aprojective Hilbert space called theray space.[7] It can be defined in several ways. One may define anequivalence relation{\displaystyle \sim }  onH{0}{\displaystyle H\setminus \{0\}}  by

ΨΦΨ=λΦ,λC{0},{\displaystyle \Psi \sim \Phi \Leftrightarrow \Psi =\lambda \Phi ,\quad \lambda \in \mathbb {C} \setminus \{0\},} 

and defineray space as thequotient set

P(H)=(H{0})/{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H)=(H\setminus \{0\})/{\sim }} .

Alternatively, for an equivalence relation on the sphereSH{\displaystyle SH} , theunit ray space is an incarnation of ray space defined (making no notational distinction with ray space) as the set of equivalence classes

P(H)=SH/{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H)=SH/\sim } .

A third equivalent definition of ray space is aspure state ray space i.e. asdensity matrices that are orthogonal projections of rank 1[clarification needed]

P(H)={PB(H)P2=P=P,tr(P)=1}{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H)=\{P\in B(H)\mid P^{2}=P=P^{\dagger },\mathbb {tr} (P)=1\}} .

IfH{\displaystyle H}  isn-dimensional, i.e.,Hn:=H{\displaystyle H_{n}:=H} , thenP(Hn){\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H_{n})}  is isomorphic to thecomplex projective spaceCPn1=P(Cn){\displaystyle \mathbb {C} \mathbf {P} ^{n-1}=\mathbf {P} (\mathbb {C} ^{n})} . For example

λ1|++λ2|,(λ1,λ2)C2{0}{\displaystyle \lambda _{1}|+\rangle +\lambda _{2}|-\rangle ,\quad (\lambda _{1},\lambda _{2})\in \mathbb {C} ^{2}\setminus \{0\}} 

generate points on theBloch sphere; isomorphic to theRiemann sphereCP1{\displaystyle \mathbb {C} \mathbf {P} ^{1}} .

Ray space (i.e.projective space) isnot a vector space but rather a set ofvector lines (vector subspaces of dimension one) in a vector space of dimensionn + 1. For example, for every two vectorsΨ1,Ψ2H2{\displaystyle \Psi _{1},\Psi _{2}\in H_{2}}  and ratio of complex numbers(λ1:λ2){\displaystyle (\lambda _{1}:\lambda _{2})}  (i.e. element ofCP1{\displaystyle \mathbb {C} \mathbf {P} ^{1}} ) there is a well defined rayλ1Ψ1+λ2Ψ2_{\displaystyle {\underline {\lambda _{1}\Psi _{1}+\lambda _{2}\Psi _{2}}}} . As such, for distinct raysΨ_1,Ψ_2{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}_{1},{\underline {\Psi }}_{2}}  (i.e. linearly independent lines) there is a projectiveline of rays of the formλ1Ψ1+λ2Ψ2_{\displaystyle {\underline {\lambda _{1}\Psi _{1}+\lambda _{2}\Psi _{2}}}}  inP(H2){\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H_{2})} : all 1-dimensional complex lines in the 2-dimensional complex plane spanned byΨ1{\displaystyle \Psi _{1}}  andΨ2{\displaystyle \Psi _{2}} . Contrarily to the case of vector spaces, however, an independent spanning set does not suffice for defining coordinates (see:projective frame).

The Hilbert space structure onH{\displaystyle H}  defines additional structure on ray space. Define theray correlation (orray product)

Ψ_Φ_=|Ψ,Φ|ΦΨ=tr(PΨPΦ),{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }}={\frac {\left|\left\langle \Psi ,\Phi \right\rangle \right|}{\|\Phi \|\|\Psi \|}}={\sqrt {\mathrm {tr} (P_{\Psi }P_{\Phi })}},} 

where,{\displaystyle \langle \,,\,\rangle }  is the Hilbert spaceinner product, andΨ,Φ{\displaystyle \Psi ,\Phi }  are representatives ofΦ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Phi }}}  andΨ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}} . Note that the righthand side is independent of the choice of representatives.The physical significance of this definition is that according to theBorn rule, another postulate of quantum mechanics, thetransition probabilities betweennormalised statesΨ{\displaystyle \Psi }  andΦ{\displaystyle \Phi }  in Hilbert space is given by

P(ΨΦ)=|Ψ,Φ|2=(Ψ_Φ_)2{\displaystyle P(\Psi \rightarrow \Phi )=|\langle \Psi ,\Phi \rangle |^{2}=\left({\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }}\right)^{2}} 

i.e. we can define Born's rule on ray space by.

P(Ψ_Φ_):=(Ψ_Φ_)2.{\displaystyle P({\underline {\Psi }}\to {\underline {\Phi }}):=\left({\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }}\right)^{2}.} 

Geometrically, we can define an angleθ{\displaystyle \theta }  with0θπ/2{\displaystyle 0\leq \theta \leq \pi /2}  between the linesΦ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Phi }}}  andΨ_{\displaystyle {\underline {\Psi }}}  bycos(θ)=(Ψ_Φ_){\displaystyle \cos(\theta )=({\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }})} . The angle then turns out to satisfy the triangle inequality and defines a metric structure on ray space which comes from a Riemannian metric, theFubini-Study metric.

Symmetry transformations

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Loosely speaking, a symmetry transformation is a change in which "nothing happens"[8] or a "change in our point of view"[9] that does not change the outcomes of possible experiments. For example, translating a system in ahomogeneous environment should have no qualitative effect on the outcomes of experiments made on the system. Likewise for rotating a system in anisotropic environment. This becomes even clearer when one considers the mathematically equivalentpassive transformations, i.e. simply changes of coordinates and let the system be. Usually, the domain and range Hilbert spaces are the same. An exception would be (in a non-relativistic theory) the Hilbert space of electron states that is subjected to acharge conjugation transformation. In this case the electron states are mapped to the Hilbert space of positron states and vice versa. However this means that the symmetry acts on the direct sum of the Hilbert spaces.

A transformation of a physical system is a transformation of states, hence mathematically a transformation, not of the Hilbert space, but of its ray space. Hence, in quantum mechanics, a transformation of a physical system gives rise to abijectiveray transformationT{\displaystyle T} 

T:P(H)P(H)Ψ_TΨ_.{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}T:\mathbf {P} (H)&\to \mathbf {P} (H)\\{\underline {\Psi }}&\mapsto T{\underline {\Psi }}.\\\end{aligned}}} 

Since the composition of two physical transformations and the reversal of a physical transformation are also physical transformations, the set of all ray transformations so obtained is agroup acting onP(H){\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H)} . Not all bijections ofP(H){\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H)}  are permissible as symmetry transformations, however. Physical transformations must preserve Born's rule.

For a physical transformation, the transition probabilities in the transformed and untransformed systems should be preserved:

P(Ψ_Φ_)=(Ψ_Φ_)2=(TΨ_TΦ_)2=P(TΨTΦ){\displaystyle P({\underline {\Psi }}\rightarrow {\underline {\Phi }})=\left({\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }}\right)^{2}=\left(T{\underline {\Psi }}\cdot T{\underline {\Phi }}\right)^{2}=P\left(T\Psi \rightarrow T\Phi \right)} 

A bijective ray transformationT:P(H)P(H){\displaystyle T:\mathbf {P} (H)\to \mathbf {P} (H)}  is called asymmetry transformation iff[10]:TΨ_TΦ_=Ψ_Φ_,Ψ_,Φ_P(H){\displaystyle T{\underline {\Psi }}\cdot T{\underline {\Phi }}={\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }},\quad \forall {\underline {\Psi }},{\underline {\Phi }}\in \mathbf {P} (H)} .A geometric interpretation is that a symmetry transformation is anisometry of ray space.

Some facts about symmetry transformations that can be verified using the definition:

  • The product of two symmetry transformations, i.e. two symmetry transformations applied in succession, is a symmetry transformation.
  • Any symmetry transformation has an inverse.
  • The identity transformation is a symmetry transformation.
  • Multiplication of symmetry transformations is associative.

The set of symmetry transformations thus forms agroup, thesymmetry group of the system. Some important frequently occurringsubgroups in the symmetry group of a system arerealizations of

These groups are also referred to as symmetry groups of the system.

Statement of Wigner's theorem

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Preliminaries

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Some preliminary definitions are needed to state the theorem. A transformationU:HK{\displaystyle U:H\to K}  between Hilbert spaces isunitary if it is bijective and

UΨ,UΦ=Ψ,Φ{\displaystyle \langle U\Psi ,U\Phi \rangle =\langle \Psi ,\Phi \rangle } 

for allΨ,Φ{\displaystyle \Psi ,\Phi }  inH{\displaystyle H} .IfH=K{\displaystyle H=K}  thenU{\displaystyle U}  reduces to aunitary operator whose inverse is equal to itsadjointU1=U{\displaystyle U^{-1}=U^{\dagger }} .

Likewise, a transformationA:HK{\displaystyle A:H\to K}  isantiunitary if it is bijective and

AΨ,AΦ=Ψ,Φ=Φ,Ψ.{\displaystyle \langle A\Psi ,A\Phi \rangle =\langle \Psi ,\Phi \rangle ^{*}=\langle \Phi ,\Psi \rangle .} 

Given a unitary transformationU:HK{\displaystyle U:H\to K}  between Hilbert spaces, define

TU:P(H)P(K)Ψ_UΨ_{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}T_{U}:\mathbf {P} (H)&\to \mathbf {P} (K)\\{\underline {\Psi }}&\mapsto {\underline {U\Psi }}\\\end{aligned}}} 

This is a symmetry transformation sinceTUΨ_TUΦ_=|UΨ,UΦ|UΨUΦ=|Ψ,Φ|ΨΦ=Ψ_Φ_.{\displaystyle T_{U}{\underline {\Psi }}\cdot T_{U}{\underline {\Phi }}={\frac {\left|\langle U\Psi ,U\Phi \rangle \right|}{\|U\Psi \|\|U\Phi \|}}={\frac {\left|\langle \Psi ,\Phi \rangle \right|}{\|\Psi \|\|\Phi \|}}={\underline {\Psi }}\cdot {\underline {\Phi }}.} 

In the same way an antiunitary transformation between Hilbert space induces a symmetry transformation. One says that a transformationU:HK{\displaystyle U:H\to K}  between Hilbert spaces iscompatible with the transformationT:P(H)P(K){\displaystyle T:\mathbf {P} (H)\to \mathbf {P} (K)}  between ray spaces ifT=TU{\displaystyle T=T_{U}}  or equivalently

UΨTΨ_{\displaystyle U\Psi \in T{\underline {\Psi }}} 

for allΨH{0}{\displaystyle \Psi \in H\setminus \{0\}} .[11]

Statement

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Wigner's theorem states a converse of the above:[12]

Wigner's theorem (1931)IfH{\displaystyle H}  andK{\displaystyle K}  are Hilbert spaces and ifT:P(H)P(K){\displaystyle T:\mathbf {P} (H)\to \mathbf {P} (K)}  is a symmetry transformation, then there exists a unitary or antiunitary transformationV:HK{\displaystyle V:H\to K}  which is compatible withT{\displaystyle T} . Ifdim(H)2{\displaystyle \dim(H)\geq 2}  ,V{\displaystyle V}  is either unitary or antiunitary. Ifdim(H)=1{\displaystyle \dim(H)=1}  (andP(H){\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (H)}  andP(K){\displaystyle \mathbf {P} (K)}  consist of a single point), all unitary transformationsU:HK{\displaystyle U:H\to K}  and all antiunitary transformationsA:HK{\displaystyle A:H\to K}  are compatible withT{\displaystyle T} . IfV1{\displaystyle V_{1}}  andV2{\displaystyle V_{2}}  are both compatible withT{\displaystyle T}  thenV1=eiαV2{\displaystyle V_{1}=e^{i\alpha }V_{2}}  for someαR{\displaystyle \alpha \in \mathbb {R} } .

Proofs can be found in Wigner (1931,1959),Uhlhorn (1963),Bargmann (1964) andWeinberg (2002).Antiunitary transformations are less prominent in physics. They are all related to a reversal of the direction of the flow of time.[13]

Remark 1: The significance of the uniqueness part of the theorem is that it specifies the degree of uniqueness of the representation onH{\displaystyle H} . For example, one might be tempted to believe that

VΨ=Ueiα(Ψ)Ψ,α(Ψ)R,ΨH(wrong unless α(Ψ) is const.){\displaystyle V\Psi =Ue^{i\alpha (\Psi )}\Psi ,\alpha (\Psi )\in \mathbb {R} ,\Psi \in H\quad ({\text{wrong unless }}\alpha (\Psi ){\text{ is const.}})} 

would be admissible, withα(Ψ)α(Φ){\displaystyle \alpha (\Psi )\neq \alpha (\Phi )}  forΨ,Φ=0{\displaystyle \langle \Psi ,\Phi \rangle =0}  but this is not the case according to the theorem.[nb 2][14] In fact such aV{\displaystyle V}  would not be additive.

Remark 2: WhetherT{\displaystyle T}  must be represented by a unitary or antiunitary operator is determined by topology. IfdimC(PH)=dimC(PK)1{\displaystyle \dim _{\mathbb {C} }(\mathbb {P} H)=\dim _{\mathbb {C} }(\mathbb {P} K)\geq 1} , the secondcohomologyH2(PH){\displaystyle H^{2}(\mathbb {P} H)}  has a unique generatorcPH{\displaystyle c_{\mathbb {P} H}}  such that for a (equivalently for every) complex projective lineLPH{\displaystyle L\subset \mathbb {P} H} , one hascPH[L]=degL(cPH|L)=1{\displaystyle c_{\mathbb {P} H}\cap [L]=\deg _{L}(c_{\mathbb {P} H}|_{L})=1} . SinceT{\displaystyle T}  is a homeomorphism,TcPK{\displaystyle T^{*}c_{\mathbb {P} K}}  also generatesH2(PH){\displaystyle H^{2}(\mathbb {P} H)}  and so we haveTcPK=±cPH{\displaystyle T^{*}c_{\mathbb {P} K}=\pm c_{\mathbb {P} H}} . IfU:HK{\displaystyle U:H\to K}  is unitary, thenTUcPK=cPH{\displaystyle T_{U}^{*}c_{\mathbb {P} K}=c_{\mathbb {P} H}}  while ifA:HK{\displaystyle A:H\to K}  is anti linear thenTAcPK=cPH{\displaystyle T_{A}^{*}c_{\mathbb {P} K}=-c_{\mathbb {P} H}} .

Remark 3: Wigner's theorem is in close connection with thefundamental theorem of projective geometry[15],[16]

Representations and projective representations

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IfG is a symmetry group (in this latter sense of being embedded as a subgroup of the symmetry group of the system acting on ray space), and iff,g,hG withfg =h, then

T(f)T(g)=T(h),{\displaystyle T(f)T(g)=T(h),} 

where theT are ray transformations. From the uniqueness part of Wigner's theorem, one has for the compatible representativesU,

U(f)U(g)=ω(f,g)U(fg)=eiξ(f,g)U(fg),{\displaystyle U(f)U(g)=\omega (f,g)U(fg)=e^{i\xi (f,g)}U(fg),} 

whereω(f,g) is a phase factor.[nb 3]

The functionω is called a2-cocycle orSchur multiplier. A mapU:G → GL(V) satisfying the above relation for some vector spaceV is called aprojective representation or aray representation. Ifω(f,g) = 1, then it is called arepresentation.

One should note that the terminology differs between mathematics and physics. In the linked article, termprojective representation has a slightly different meaning, but the term as presented here enters as an ingredient and the mathematics per se is of course the same. If the realization of the symmetry group,gT(g), is given in terms of action on the space of unit raysS =PH, then it is a projective representationG → PGL(H) in the mathematical sense, while its representative on Hilbert space is a projective representationG → GL(H) in the physical sense.

Applying the last relation (several times) to the productfgh and appealing to the known associativity of multiplication of operators onH, one finds

ω(f,g)ω(fg,h)=ω(g,h)ω(f,gh),ξ(f,g)+ξ(fg,h)=ξ(g,h)+ξ(f,gh)(mod2π).{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\omega (f,g)\omega (fg,h)&=\omega (g,h)\omega (f,gh),\\\xi (f,g)+\xi (fg,h)&=\xi (g,h)+\xi (f,gh)\quad (\operatorname {mod} 2\pi ).\end{aligned}}} 

They also satisfy

ω(g,e)=ω(e,g)=1,ξ(g,e)=ξ(e,g)=0(mod2π),ω(g,g1)=ω(g1,g),ξ(g,g1)=ξ(g1,g).{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\omega (g,e)&=\omega (e,g)=1,\\\xi (g,e)&=\xi (e,g)=0\quad (\operatorname {mod} 2\pi ),\\\omega \left(g,g^{-1}\right)&=\omega (g^{-1},g),\\\xi \left(g,g^{-1}\right)&=\xi (g^{-1},g).\\\end{aligned}}} 

Upon redefinition of the phases,

U(g)U^(g)=η(g)U(g)=eiζ(g)U(g),{\displaystyle U(g)\mapsto {\hat {U}}(g)=\eta (g)U(g)=e^{i\zeta (g)}U(g),} 

which is allowed by last theorem, one finds[17][18]

ω^(g,h)=ω(g,h)η(g)η(h)η(gh)1,ξ^(g,h)=ξ(g,h)+ζ(g)+ζ(h)ζ(gh)(mod2π),{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\hat {\omega }}(g,h)&=\omega (g,h)\eta (g)\eta (h)\eta (gh)^{-1},\\{\hat {\xi }}(g,h)&=\xi (g,h)+\zeta (g)+\zeta (h)-\zeta (gh)\quad (\operatorname {mod} 2\pi ),\end{aligned}}} 

where the hatted quantities are defined by

U^(f)U^(g)=ω^(f,g)U^(fg)=eiξ^(f,g)U^(fg).{\displaystyle {\hat {U}}(f){\hat {U}}(g)={\hat {\omega }}(f,g){\hat {U}}(fg)=e^{i{\hat {\xi }}(f,g)}{\hat {U}}(fg).} 

Utility of phase freedom

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The following rather technical theorems and many more can be found, with accessible proofs, inBargmann (1954).

The freedom of choice of phases can be used to simplify the phase factors. For some groups the phase can be eliminated altogether.

TheoremIfG is semisimple and simply connected, thenω(g,h) = 1 is possible.[19]

In the case of theLorentz group and its subgroup therotation group SO(3), phases can, for projective representations, be chosen such thatω(g,h) = ± 1. For their respectiveuniversal covering groups,SL(2,C) andSpin(3), it is according to the theorem possible to haveω(g,h) = 1, i.e. they are proper representations.

The study of redefinition of phases involvesgroup cohomology. Two functions related as the hatted and non-hatted versions ofω above are said to becohomologous. They belong to the samesecond cohomology class, i.e. they are represented by the same element inH2(G), thesecond cohomology group ofG. If an element ofH2(G) contains the trivial functionω = 0, then it is said to betrivial.[18] The topic can be studied at the level ofLie algebras andLie algebra cohomology as well.[20][21]

Assuming the projective representationgT(g) is weakly continuous, two relevant theorems can be stated. An immediate consequence of (weak) continuity is that the identity component is represented by unitary operators.[nb 4]

Theorem: (Wigner 1939)The phase freedom can be used such that in a some neighborhood of the identity the mapgU(g) is strongly continuous.[22]

Theorem (Bargmann)In a sufficiently small neighborhood of e, the choiceω(g1,g2) ≡ 1 is possible for semisimple Lie groups (such asSO(n), SO(3,1) and affine linear groups, (in particular the Poincaré group). More precisely, this is exactly the case when the second cohomology groupH2(g,R) of the Lie algebrag ofG is trivial.[22]

Modifications and generalizations

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Wigner's theorem applies toautomorphisms on the Hilbert space of pure states. Theorems by Kadison[23] and Simon[24] apply to the space of mixed states (trace-class positive operators) and use slight different notions of symmetry.[25][26]

See also

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Remarks

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  1. ^Here the possibility ofsuperselection rules is ignored. It may be the case that a system cannot be prepared in specific states. For instance, superposition of states with different spin is generally believed impossible. Likewise, states being superpositions of states with different charge are considered impossible. Minor complications due to those issues are treated inBogoliubov, Logunov & Todorov (1975)
  2. ^There is an exception to this. If a superselection rule is in effect, then the phasemay depend on in which sector ofH{\displaystyle H}  the elementΨ{\displaystyle \Psi }  resides, seeWeinberg 2002, p. 53
  3. ^Again there is an exception. If a superselection rule is in effect, then the phasemay depend on in which sector ofHh resides on which the operators act, seeWeinberg 2002, p. 53
  4. ^This is made plausible as follows. In an open neighborhood in the vicinity of the identity all operators can be expressed as squares. Whether an operator is unitary or antiunitary its square is unitary. Hence they are all unitary in a sufficiently small neighborhood. Such a neighborhood generates the identity.

Notes

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  1. ^Seitz, Vogt & Weinberg 2000
  2. ^Wigner 1931, pp. 251–254 (in German),
    Wigner 1959, pp. 233–236 (English translation).
  3. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 330.
  4. ^Weinberg 2002, p. 49.
  5. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 341.
  6. ^Simon et al. 2008
  7. ^Page 1987.
  8. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990.
  9. ^Weinberg 2002, p. 50
  10. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 342.
  11. ^Bargmann 1964.
  12. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 343.
  13. ^Weinberg 2002, p. 51
  14. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 330 This is stated but not proved.
  15. ^Uhlhorn 1963
  16. ^Faure 2002
  17. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 346 There is an error in this formula in the book.
  18. ^abWeinberg 2002, p. 82
  19. ^Weinberg 2002, Appendix B, Chapter 2
  20. ^Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, pp. 347–349
  21. ^Weinberg 2002, Section 2.7.
  22. ^abStraumann 2014
  23. ^Kadison, Richard V. (1 February 1965)."Transformations of states in operator theory and dynamics".Topology.3:177–198.doi:10.1016/0040-9383(65)90075-3.ISSN 0040-9383.
  24. ^Simon, Barry (8 March 2015)."Quantum Dynamics: From Automorphism to Hamiltonian".Studies in Mathematical Physics: Essays in Honor of Valentine Bargmann. Princeton University Press. pp. 327–350.doi:10.1515/9781400868940-016.ISBN 978-1-4008-6894-0 – via www.degruyter.com.
  25. ^Moretti, Valter (October 2016). "Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: An Advanced Short Course".International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics.13 (Supp. 1):1630011–1630843.arXiv:1508.06951.Bibcode:2016IJGMM..1330011M.doi:10.1142/S0219887816300117.
  26. ^"(Coming from Wigner's Theorem): What is a Symmetry in QFT?".Physics Stack Exchange. Retrieved2023-10-18.

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