Linear hyperbolic PDEs with non-commutative time

Lechner, Gandalf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-3121 and Verch, Rainer 2015. Linear hyperbolic PDEs with non-commutative time. Journal of Noncommutative Geometry 9 (3) , pp. 999-1040. 10.4171/JNCG/214

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Abstract

Motivated by wave or Dirac equations on noncommutative deformations of Minkowski space, linear integro-differential equations of the form (D+λW)f=0 are studied, where D is a normal or prenormal hyperbolic differential operator on ℝn, λ∈ℂ is a coupling constant, and W is a regular integral operator with compactly supported kernel. In particular, W can be non-local in time, so that a Hamiltonian formulation is not possible. It is shown that for sufficiently small |λ|, the hyperbolic character of D is essentially preserved. Unique advanced/retarded fundamental solutions are constructed by means of a convergent expansion in λ, and the solution spaces are analyzed. It is shown that the acausal behavior of the solutions is well-controlled, but the Cauchy problem is ill-posed in general. Nonetheless, a scattering operator can be calculated which describes the effect of W on the space of solutions of D. It is also described how these structures occur in the context of noncommutative Minkowski space, and how the results obtained here can be used for the analysis of classical and quantum field theories on such spaces.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Mathematics
Publisher:	European Mathematical Society
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	18 December 2014
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2024 08:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/77632

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