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- | Quantization is a phenomenon where the constraints of the physical system have the effect that some physical quantity only appears in discrete jumps, while all values in between physically forbidden. | + | Sometimes when people talk about ``quantization", what they really mean is //discretization//, i.e., a phenomenon where the constraints of the physical system have the effect that some physical quantity only appears in discrete jumps, while all values in between are physically forbidden. |
The easiest example is a rope that is held under constant tension by two hands: | The easiest example is a rope that is held under constant tension by two hands: | ||
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- | The thing is, no matter how the two hands try to make the rope vibrate, the rope will only vibrate with a quantized set of modes. The two hands fix the rope at both ends. As a result of this constraint, the rope can only vibrate with fixed frequencies. The frequencies between this fixed set of frequencies are physically impossible. | + | |
+ | The thing is, no matter how the two hands try to make the rope vibrate, the rope will only vibrate with a quantized set of modes. The two hands fix the rope at both ends. As a result of this constraint, the rope can only vibrate with fixed frequencies. The frequencies between this fixed set of frequencies are physically impossible: | ||
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The same thing now happens also in [[theories:quantum_mechanics|quantum mechanics]]. | The same thing now happens also in [[theories:quantum_mechanics|quantum mechanics]]. | ||
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- | A nice summary can be found in [[https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0405065|Quantization Methods: A Guide for Physicists and Analysts]] by S. Twareque Ali, Miroslav Engliš. See also [[https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9809011|Obstructions to Quantization]] by Mark J. Gotay and Landsman, N.P.: Mathematical topics between classical and quantum mechanics. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998. | + | * A nice summary can be found in [[https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0405065|Quantization Methods: A Guide for Physicists and Analysts]] by S. Twareque Ali, Miroslav Engliš. |
+ | * See also [[https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9809011|Obstructions to Quantization]] by Mark J. Gotay and Landsman, N.P.: Mathematical topics between classical and quantum mechanics. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998. | ||
+ | * and the book Quantization of Gauge Systems by Henneaux and Teitelboim | ||
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+ | <blockquote>Quantization is an art form which, when applied to classical physical theories, yields predictions of subatomic behavior which are in spectacular agreement with experiments. | ||
+ | <cite>[[https://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9705010|Ron Y. Donagi]]</cite> | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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