Wigner-Type Theorems for Hilbert Grassmannians

Description

Wigner's theorem is a fundamental part of the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics. The theorem characterizes unitary and anti-unitary operators as symmetries of quantum mechanical systems, and is a key result when relating preserver problems to quantum mechanics. At the heart of this book is a geometric approach to Wigner-type theorems, unifying both classical and more recent results. Readers are initiated in a wide range of topics from geometric transformations of Grassmannians to lattices of closed subspaces, before moving on to a discussion of applications. An introduction to all the key aspects of the basic theory is included as are plenty of examples, making this book a useful resource for beginning graduate students and non-experts, as well as a helpful reference for specialist researchers.

Mark Pankov is Professor of Mathematics at Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski, Poland. His research interests include preserver problems in operator theory related to quantum mechanics, geometry of linear codes, and zig-zags in discrete objects. He is the author of Grassmannians of Classical Buildings (2010) and Geometry of Semilinear Embeddings: Relations to Graphs and Codes (2015).