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Examining Factors Using Standard Subspaces And Antiunitary Representations, Paul Anderson
Examining Factors Using Standard Subspaces And Antiunitary Representations, Paul Anderson
Undergraduate Honors Theses
In an effort to provide an axiomization of quantum mechanics, John von Neumann and Francis Joseph Murray developed many tools in the theory of operator algebras. One of the many objects developed during the course of their work was the von Neumann algebra, originally called a ring of operators. The purpose of this thesis is to give an overview of the classification of elementary objects, called factors, and explore connections with other mathematical objects, namely standard subspaces in Hilbert spaces and antiunitary representations. The main results presented here illustrate instances of these interconnections that are relevant in Algebraic Quantum Field …
Determining Quantum Symmetry In Graphs Using Planar Algebras, Akshata Pisharody
Determining Quantum Symmetry In Graphs Using Planar Algebras, Akshata Pisharody
Undergraduate Honors Theses
A graph has quantum symmetry if the algebra associated with its quantum automorphism group is non-commutative. We study what quantum symmetry means and outline one specific method for determining whether a graph has quantum symmetry, a method that involves studying planar algebras and manipulating planar tangles. Modifying a previously used method, we prove that the 5-cycle has no quantum symmetry by showing it has the generating property.