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Quantum geodesic flows and curvature

Edwin Beggs Orcid Logo, Shahn Majid Orcid Logo

Letters in Mathematical Physics, Volume: 113, Issue: 3

Swansea University Author: Edwin Beggs Orcid Logo

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Abstract

We study geodesics flows on curved quantum Riemannian geometries using a recent formulation in terms of bimodule connections and completely positive maps. We complete this formalism with a canonical operation on noncommutative vector fields. We show on a classical manifold how the Ricci tensor arise...

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Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics
ISSN: 0377-9017 1573-0530
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2023
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65334
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Abstract: We study geodesics flows on curved quantum Riemannian geometries using a recent formulation in terms of bimodule connections and completely positive maps. We complete this formalism with a canonical operation on noncommutative vector fields. We show on a classical manifold how the Ricci tensor arises naturally in our approach as a term in the convective derivative of the divergence of the geodesic velocity field and use this to propose a similar object in the noncommutative case. Examples include quantum geodesic flows on the algebra of matrices, fuzzy spheres and the q-sphere.
Keywords: Noncommutative geometry, Quantum gravity, Ricci tensor, Quantum mechanics, Fuzzy sphere, Quantum group, Quantum sphere
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: Queen Mary, open access fee only
Issue: 3