The Hopf fibration --- seven times in physics

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00121-3zbMath1017.81003WikidataQ56341022 ScholiaQ56341022MaRDI QIDQ1874074

Helmuth K. Urbantke

Publication date: 22 May 2003

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Hopf fibrationQuantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Stability problems in rigid body dynamics (70E50) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10)

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