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List of mathematical topics in quantum theory


List of mathematical topics in quantum theory


This is a list of mathematical topics in quantum theory, by Wikipedia page. See also list of functional analysis topics, list of Lie group topics, list of quantum-mechanical systems with analytical solutions.

Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics

  • bra–ket notation
  • canonical commutation relation
  • complete set of commuting observables
  • Heisenberg picture
  • Hilbert space
  • Interaction picture
  • Measurement in quantum mechanics
  • quantum field theory
  • quantum logic
  • quantum operation
  • Schrödinger picture
  • semiclassical
  • statistical ensemble
  • wavefunction
  • wave–particle duality
  • Wightman axioms
  • WKB approximation

Schrödinger equation

  • quantum mechanics, matrix mechanics, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)
  • particle in a box
  • particle in a ring
  • particle in a spherically symmetric potential
  • quantum harmonic oscillator
  • hydrogen atom
  • ring wave guide
  • particle in a one-dimensional lattice (periodic potential)
  • Fock symmetry in theory of hydrogen

Symmetry

  • identical particles
  • angular momentum
    • angular momentum operator
  • rotational invariance
    • rotational symmetry
    • rotation operator
  • translational symmetry
  • Lorentz symmetry
  • Parity transformation
  • Noether's theorem
  • Noether charge
  • Spin (physics)
    • isospin
  • Aman matrices
  • scale invariance
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking
  • supersymmetry breaking

Quantum states

  • quantum number
  • Pauli exclusion principle
  • quantum indeterminacy
  • uncertainty principle
  • wavefunction collapse
  • zero-point energy
  • bound state
  • coherent state
    • squeezed coherent state
  • density state
  • Fock state, Fock space
  • vacuum state
  • quasinormal mode
  • no-cloning theorem
  • quantum entanglement

Dirac equation

  • spinor, spinor group, spinor bundle
  • Dirac sea
  • Spin foam
  • Poincaré group
  • gamma matrices
  • Dirac adjoint
  • Wigner's classification
  • anyon

Interpretations of quantum mechanics

  • Copenhagen interpretation
  • locality principle
  • Bell's theorem
    • Bell test loopholes
  • CHSH inequality
  • hidden variable theory
  • path integral formulation, quantum action
  • Bohm interpretation
  • many-worlds interpretation
  • Tsirelson's bound

Quantum field theory

  • Feynman diagram
    • One-loop Feynman diagram
  • Schwinger's quantum action principle
  • Propagator
  • Annihilation operator
  • S-matrix
  • Standard Model
  • Local quantum physics
  • Nonlocal
  • Effective field theory
  • Correlation function (quantum field theory)
  • Renormalizable
  • Cutoff
  • Infrared divergence, infrared fixed point
  • Ultraviolet divergence
  • Fermi's interaction
  • Path-ordering
  • Landau pole
  • Higgs mechanism
  • Wilson line
  • Wilson loop
  • Tadpole (physics)
  • Lattice gauge theory
  • BRST charge
  • Anomaly (physics)
  • Chiral anomaly
  • Braid statistics
  • Plekton

Computation

  • quantum computing
  • qubit
  • qutrit
  • pure qubit state
  • quantum dot
  • Kane quantum computer
  • quantum cryptography
  • quantum decoherence
  • quantum circuit
  • universal quantum computer
  • measurement based Quantum Computing
  • timeline of quantum computing

Supersymmetry

  • Lie superalgebra
  • supergroup (physics)
  • supercharge
  • supermultiplet
  • supergravity

Quantum gravity

  • theory of everything
  • loop quantum gravity
  • spin network
  • black hole thermodynamics

Non-commutative geometry

  • Quantum group
  • Hopf algebra
  • Noncommutative quantum field theory

String theory

See list of string theory topics

  • Matrix model

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