Geometry of the Time-Dependent Variational Principle in Quantum Mechanics

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• The time-dependent variational principle (TDVP).
• Lie algebras and symplectic structures.
• Symplectic structure on group representation spaces.
• Geometry of the TDVP.
• Simple applications.
• The unitary group and examples from many-body physics.
• The group SU(1,1) and rotationally invariant Hamiltonians.
• Summary.