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On a Quantization of the Classical $\theta$-Functions
Yurii V. Brezhnev Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk 634050, Russia
Abstract:
The Jacobi theta-functions admit a definition through the autonomous differential equations (dynamical system); not only through the famous Fourier theta-series. We study this system in the framework of Hamiltonian dynamics and find corresponding Poisson brackets. Availability of these ingredients allows us to state the problem of a canonical quantization to these equations and disclose some important problems. In a particular case the problem is completely solvable in the sense that spectrum of the Hamiltonian can be found. The spectrum is continuous, has a band structure with infinite number of lacunae, and is determined by the Mathieu equation: the Schrödinger equation with a periodic cos-type potential.
Keywords:
Jacobi theta-functions; dynamical systems; Poisson brackets; quantization; spectrum of Hamiltonian.
Received: January 31, 2015; in final form April 17, 2015; Published online April 28, 2015
Citation:
Yurii V. Brezhnev, “On a Quantization of the Classical $\theta$-Functions”, SIGMA, 11 (2015), 035, 11 pp.
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