Heisenberg group of the Heisenberg group is fairly simple – later generalized by Mackey theory – and was the motivation for its introduction in quantum physics, as discussed below. For each nonzero real number formula_27, we can define an irreducible unitary representation formula_48 of formula_31 acting on the Hilbert space formula_50 by the formula: This representation is known as the Schrödinger representation. The motivation for the this representation is the action of the exponentiated position and momentum operators in quantum mechanics. The parameter formula_52 describes translations in position space, the parameter formula_53 describes translations in momentum space, and the parameter formula_54 gives
Heisenberg group unitary operator of formula_103 that commutes with them is an formula_121 multiplier. But commuting with translations implies that the multiplier is constant. A version of the Stone–von Neumann theorem, proved by George Mackey, holds for the Heisenberg group formula_113. The Fourier transform is the unique intertwiner between the representations of formula_103 and formula_124. See the discussion at Stone–von Neumann theorem#Relation to the Fourier transform for details. Heisenberg group In mathematics, the Heisenberg group formula_1, named after Werner Heisenberg, is the group of 3×3 upper triangular matrices of the form under the operation of matrix multiplication. Elements "a, b" and "c"