Symbol Correspondences for Spin Systems

In mathematical physics, the correspondence between quantum and classical mechanics is a central topic, which this book explores in more detail in the particular context of spin systems, that is, SU(2)—symmetric mechanical systems. A detailed presentation of quantum spin—j systems, with emphasis on the SO(3)—invariant decomposition of their operator algebras, is first followed by an introduction to the Poisson algebra of the classical spin system and then by a similarly detailed examination...