The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions

dc.contributor.advisorRusso, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorBavuma, Yanga
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T11:29:26Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T11:29:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-02-08T08:25:11Z
dc.description.abstractThe group of Wolfgang Pauli is well known in mathematical physics, because it describes some relevant symmetries in quantum dynamical systems. It is less known its structure of finite 2-group of order 16, which may be decomposed in the central product of two of its subgroups. From this perspective, the Pauli group has an interesting structure at an algebraic level as well. Here a topological perspective is added to the literature. It is described the Pauli group as an appropriate quotient of the fundamental group of 3-dimensional Riemannian surfaces constructed as two distinct orbit spaces of the 3-dimensional sphere S3 ; one orbit space comes from the free action of the quaternion group Q8 on S3 ; another orbit space comes from a similar action of the cyclic group Z(4) of order 4 on S3. Applications are illustrated for Pseudo-fermionic operators, introducing a relevant framework of quantum mechanics. This suggests a physical interpretation for the topological decomposition, which has been found at an abstract level.
dc.identifier.apacitationBavuma, Y. (2021). <i>The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions</i>. (). ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35685en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBavuma, Yanga. <i>"The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions."</i> ., ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35685en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBavuma, Y. 2021. The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions. . ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35685en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Doctoral Thesis AU - Bavuma, Yanga AB - The group of Wolfgang Pauli is well known in mathematical physics, because it describes some relevant symmetries in quantum dynamical systems. It is less known its structure of finite 2-group of order 16, which may be decomposed in the central product of two of its subgroups. From this perspective, the Pauli group has an interesting structure at an algebraic level as well. Here a topological perspective is added to the literature. It is described the Pauli group as an appropriate quotient of the fundamental group of 3-dimensional Riemannian surfaces constructed as two distinct orbit spaces of the 3-dimensional sphere S3 ; one orbit space comes from the free action of the quaternion group Q8 on S3 ; another orbit space comes from a similar action of the cyclic group Z(4) of order 4 on S3. Applications are illustrated for Pseudo-fermionic operators, introducing a relevant framework of quantum mechanics. This suggests a physical interpretation for the topological decomposition, which has been found at an abstract level. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Mathematics and Applied Mathematics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions TI - The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35685 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/35685
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBavuma Y. The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions. []. ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35685en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.subjectMathematics and Applied Mathematics
dc.titleThe relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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