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Histories distorted by partial isometries. (English) Zbl 1264.81207

Summary: In quantum dynamical systems, a history is defined by a pair (\(M, \gamma\)), consisting of a type \(I\) factor \(M\), acting on a Hilbert space \(H\), and an \(E_{0}\)-group \(\gamma=(\gamma_t)_{t\in \mathbb R}\), satisfying certain additional conditions. In this paper, we distort a given history (\(M, \gamma\)), by a finite family \(\mathcal G\) of partial isometries on \(H\). In particular, such a distortion is dictated by the combinatorial relation on the family \(\mathcal G\). Two main purposes of this paper are (i) to show the existence of distortions on histories, and (ii) to consider how distortions work. We can understand Sections 3, 4 and 5 as the proof of the existence of distortions (i), and the properties of distortions (ii) are shown in Section 6.

MSC:

81Q12 Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators
05C21 Flows in graphs
05C25 Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.)
16T20 Ring-theoretic aspects of quantum groups
22A22 Topological groupoids (including differentiable and Lie groupoids)
46N50 Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics
47L15 Operator algebras with symbol structure
47L75 Other nonselfadjoint operator algebras
47L90 Applications of operator algebras to the sciences
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