The Weyl Algebra, Quantum Theory, and Normal Ordering

2015 ◽  
pp. 163-206
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Weyl Algebra ◽  
Normal Ordering

scholarly journals On $xD$-Generalizations of Stirling Numbers and Lah Numbers via Graphs and Rooks

10.37236/6699 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sen-Peng Eu ◽  
Tung-Shan Fu ◽  
Yu-Chang Liang ◽  
Tsai-Lien Wong
Keyword(s):  
Weyl Algebra ◽  
Stirling Numbers ◽  
Stirling Number ◽  
Combinatorial Structures ◽  
Normal Ordering ◽  
Rook Placements ◽  
Threshold Graphs ◽  
Combinatorial Interpretations ◽  
Ferrers Boards

This paper studies the generalizations of the Stirling numbers of both kinds and the Lah numbers in association with the normal ordering problem in the Weyl algebra $W=\langle x,D|Dx-xD=1\rangle$. Any word $\omega\in W$ with $m$ $x$'s and $n$ $D$'s can be expressed in the normally ordered form $\omega=x^{m-n}\sum_{k\ge 0} {{\omega}\brace {k}} x^{k}D^{k}$, where ${{\omega}\brace {k}}$ is known as the Stirling number of the second kind for the word $\omega$. This study considers the expansions of restricted words $\omega$ in $W$ over the sequences $\{(xD)^{k}\}_{k\ge 0}$ and $\{xD^{k}x^{k-1}\}_{k\ge 0}$. Interestingly, the coefficients in individual expansions turn out to be generalizations of the Stirling numbers of the first kind and the Lah numbers. The coefficients will be determined through enumerations of some combinatorial structures linked to the words $\omega$, involving decreasing forest decompositions of quasi-threshold graphs and non-attacking rook placements on Ferrers boards. Extended to $q$-analogues, weighted refinements of the combinatorial interpretations are also investigated for words in the $q$-deformed Weyl algebra.

scholarly journals Walks, Partitions, and Normal Ordering

10.37236/5181 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Askar Dzhumadil'daev ◽  
Damir Yeliussizov
Keyword(s):  
Weyl Algebra ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Stirling Numbers ◽  
Set Partitions ◽  
Normal Ordering ◽  
Graph Decompositions

We describe the relation between graph decompositions into walks and the normal ordering of differential operators in the $n$-th Weyl algebra. Under several specifications, we study new types of restricted set partitions, and a generalization of Stirling numbers, which we call the $\lambda$-Stirling numbers.

Quantum theory of light in nonlinear media with dispersion and absorption

1998 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDUARD SCHMIDT , JOHN JEFFERS , STEPHEN M.
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Nonlinear Media
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