Simultaneous Quantization and Reduction of Constrained Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22747v1
• Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:42:19 GMT
• Title: Simultaneous Quantization and Reduction of Constrained Systems
• Authors: Jianhao M. Yang,
• Abstract summary: We present a novel framework for quantizing constrained quantum systems.<n>The processes of quantization and constraint enforcement are performed simultaneously.<n>In addition to a unified variational principle for constrained quantum systems, the formalism also offers an information-theoretic perspective on quantum effects arising from vacuum fluctuations.
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• Abstract: We present a novel framework for quantizing constrained quantum systems in which the processes of quantization and constraint enforcement are performed simultaneously. The approach is based on an extension of the stationary action principle, incorporating an information-theoretic term arising from vacuum fluctuations. Constraints are included directly in the Lagrangian via Lagrange multipliers, allowing the subsequent variational procedure to yield the quantum dynamics without ambiguity regarding the order of quantization and reduction. We demonstrate the method through two examples: (i) a one-dimensional system with vanishing local momentum, where the simultaneous approach produces the time-independent Schr\"{o}dinger equation while conventional reduced and Dirac quantization yield only trivial states, and (ii) a bipartite system with global translational invariance, where all three methods agree. These results show that the proposed framework generalizes standard quantization schemes and provides a consistent treatment of systems with constraints that cannot be expressed as linear operators acting on the wave function. In addition to a unified variational principle for constrained quantum systems, the formalism also offers an information-theoretic perspective on quantum effects arising from vacuum fluctuations.

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