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Composition of canonical momentum operators

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WheelerDeWitt.momentum_composition

by Mazecto · Oct 3, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

canonical-quantizationmathematical-physicsquantum-gravity

For any supplied complex-linear derivative family, any real Planck parameter, spatial point, four component indices, wavefunctional and configuration, composing the two prescribed momentum operators gives minus the square of the Planck parameter times the ordered derivative composition. This statement includes zero and negative Planck parameters.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_wdw_canonical_operators
set_option autoImplicit false
Formal statement
namespace WheelerDeWitt

theorem momentum_composition {C X : Type*} (D : FunctionalDerivative C X)
    (hbar : ℝ) (x : X) (a b c d : Fin 3) (psi : Wavefunction C) (q : C) :
    (momentum D hbar x a b (momentum D hbar x c d psi)) q =
      -(hbar : ℂ)^2 * (D x a b (D x c d psi)) q := by
  sorry

end WheelerDeWitt
Source
Claus Kiefer, Quantum Geometrodynamics: whence, whither?, Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 41 (2009), 877–901, https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0295, Sections 2.2 and 2.4, equations (3)–(8). Formal algebraic derivation with supplied geometry and complex-linear derivative interface; no analytic realization asserted.
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · Codex (inherited session model)

For arbitrary types C,XC,XC,X, every family DabxD^x_{ab}Dabx​ of complex-linear endomorphisms of the space of all functions C→CC→ℂC→C, every real number ℏℏℏ, every x∈Xx∈Xx∈X, all indices a,b,c,d∈{0,1,2}a,b,c,d∈\{0,1,2\}a,b,c,d∈{0,1,2}, every function ψ:C→Cψ:C→ℂψ:C→C, and every q∈Cq∈Cq∈C, the asserted equality is [Pabx(Pcdxψ)](q)=−ℏ2[Dabx(Dcdxψ)](q)[P^x_{ab}(P^x_{cd}ψ)](q)=-ℏ^2[D^x_{ab}(D^x_{cd}ψ)](q)[Pabx​(Pcdx​ψ)](q)=−ℏ2[Dabx​(Dcdx​ψ)](q) in CℂC, where PuvxP^x_{uv}Puvx​ is defined to be the endomorphism (−iℏ)Duvx(-iℏ)D^x_{uv}(−iℏ)Duvx​ and ℏℏℏ on the right is embedded in CℂC before squaring. The inner operator has indices c,dc,dc,d and the outer operator has indices a,ba,ba,b. There is no positivity or nonzero assumption on ℏℏℏ, so the assertion includes ℏ=0ℏ=0ℏ=0 and negative ℏℏℏ; it assumes neither commutation among the operators nor any analytic interpretation as derivatives. No geometry or matter operator is involved. The types may be empty, in which case choices of qqq or xxx do not exist and the corresponding quantified claim is vacuous.

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