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Title: Connes distance function on fuzzy sphere and the connection between geometry and statistics

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918648· OSTI ID:22403127
 [1];  [2]
  1. S. N. Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098 (India)
  2. Technical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai 400085 (India)

An algorithm to compute Connes spectral distance, adaptable to the Hilbert-Schmidt operatorial formulation of non-commutative quantum mechanics, was developed earlier by introducing the appropriate spectral triple and used to compute infinitesimal distances in the Moyal plane, revealing a deep connection between geometry and statistics. In this paper, using the same algorithm, the Connes spectral distance has been calculated in the Hilbert-Schmidt operatorial formulation for the fuzzy sphere whose spatial coordinates satisfy the su(2) algebra. This has been computed for both the discrete and the Perelemov’s SU(2) coherent state. Here also, we get a connection between geometry and statistics which is shown by computing the infinitesimal distance between mixed states on the quantum Hilbert space of a particular fuzzy sphere, indexed by n ∈ ℤ/2.

OSTI ID:
22403127
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 56, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English