W-INFINITY-COVARIANCE OF THE WEYL-WIGNER-GROENEWOLD-MOYAL QUANTIZATION

The differential structure of operator bases used in various forms of the Weyl-Wigner-Groenewold-Moyal (WWGM) quantization is analyzed and a derivative-based approach, alternative to the conventional integral-b ased one is developed. Thus the fundamental quantum relations follow i n a simpler and unified manner. An explicit formula for the ordered pr oducts of the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra is obtained. The W-infinity-cova riance of the WWGM-quantization in its most general form is establishe d. It is shown that the group action of W-infinity that is realized in the classical phase space induces on bases operators in the correspon ding Hilbert space a similarity transformation generated by the corres ponding quantum W-infinity which provides a projective representation of the former W-infinity. Explicit expressions for the algebra generat ors in the classical phase space and in the Hilbert space are given. I t is made manifest that this W-infinity-covariance of the WWGM-quantiz ation is a genuine property of the operator bases. (C) 1997 American I nstitute of Physics.