Born-Jordan Quantization, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Theory and Applications Fundamental Theories of Physics Series, Vol. 182

This book presents a comprehensive mathematical study of the operators behind the Born?Jordan quantization scheme. The Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures of quantum mechanics are equivalent only if the Born?Jordan scheme is used. Thus, Born?Jordan quantization provides the only physically consistent quantization scheme, as opposed to the Weyl quantization commonly used by physicists. In this book we develop Born?Jordan quantization from an operator-theoretical point of view, and analyze in depth the conceptual differences between the two schemes. We discuss various physically motivated approaches, in particular the Feynman-integral point of view. One important and intriguing feature of Born-Jordan quantization is that it is not one-to-one: there are infinitely many classical observables whose quantization is zero.

Born-Jordan Quantization: Physical Motivation: On the Quantization Problem.- Quantization of Monomials.- Basic Hamiltonian Mechanics.- Wave Mechanics and the Schrödinger Equation.- Mathematical Aspects of Born-Jordan Quantization: The Weyl Correspondence.- The Cohen Class.- Born-Jordan Quantization.- Shubin's Pseudo-Differential Calculus.- Born-Jordan Pseudo-Differential Operators.- Weak Values and the Reconstruction Problem.- Some Advanced Topics: Metaplectic Operators.- Symplectic Covariance Properties.- Symbol Classes and Function Spaces.

Demonstrates the superiority of the Born-Jordan scheme as the only consistent approach to quantization

Written by a highly respected expert in quantum theory

Provides in depth analysis of both mathematical and conceptual aspects

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras