INTEGRATION OVER A GENERIC ALGEBRA

Authors
Citation
R. Casalbuoni, INTEGRATION OVER A GENERIC ALGEBRA, International journal of modern physics A, 12(32), 1997, pp. 5803-5826
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields","Physics, Nuclear
ISSN journal
0217751X
Volume
12
Issue
32
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5803 - 5826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-751X(1997)12:32<5803:IOAGA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
In this paper we consider the problem of quantizing theories defined o ver configuration spaces described by noncommuting parameters. If one tries to do that by generalizing the path-integral formalism, the firs t problem one has to deal with is the definition of integral over thes e generalized configuration spaces. This is the problem we state and s olve in the present work, by constructing an explicit algorithm for th e integration over a generic algebra. The general conditions a given a lgebra has to satisfy in order to admit our integration are not yet fu lly understood, but many examples are discussed in order to illustrate our construction.