Retrospective on quantization

Authors
Citation
C. Fronsdal, Retrospective on quantization, LETT MATH P, 56(1), 2001, pp. 73-84
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
LETTERS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
03779017 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
73 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-9017(200104)56:1<73:ROQ>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Quantization is still a central problem of modern physics. One example of a n unsolved problem is the quantization of Nambu mechanics. After a brief co mment on the role of Harrison cohomology, this review concentrates on the c entral problem of quantization of QCD and, more generally, quark confinemen t seen as a problem of quantization. Several suggestions are made, some of them rather extravagant.