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Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()), let and . Write for the unitary Plancherel transform extending (Fourier transform on complex L1 classes, Plancherel theorem); the spaces are Hilbert spaces by Riesz-Fischer completeness of for and Hilbert space. For , denote by the continuous representative of given by that absolutely convergent integral.
(a) For the momentum wavefunction
is well defined, bounded and continuous, and for every ; here is the stated continuous representative, not a point evaluation of an equivalence class.
(b) The dilation operator is a surjective linear isometry of onto itself, with inverse .
(c) The formula defines a linear isometry (for the Lebesgue spaces and ) that extends uniquely to a surjective linear isometry ; on Schwartz functions , and for every ,
The normalization statement is: the substitution carries , and the factor in is exactly what makes an isometry with respect to . No physical identification of with a measured momentum distribution is made.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: , ; a Schwartz function ; the Plancherel transform and the transform .
is a surjective complex-linear isometry that extends the Fourier transform (Plancherel theorem, Fourier transform on complex L1 classes).
If pointwise and for a fixed integrable , then (Dominated convergence).
An invertible linear map of scales Lebesgue measure by on measurable sets (A linear map of sends Lebesgue measurable sets to Lebesgue measurable sets, with when is invertible and Lebesgue null when it is not); for nonnegative measurable the integral identity follows by approximation with simple functions and monotone convergence (Monotone convergence for the integral).
contains , which is dense in (Smooth compactly supported functions of an open set are dense in , Schwartz space and its seminorms); in particular every Schwartz function lies in . The space is complete by Riesz-Fischer completeness of for .
A bounded linear map from a dense subspace of a normed space into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm (A bounded linear map from a dense normed subspace into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm).
Proof
[Absolute convergence and continuity] For , is integrable by [F4], so the defining integral converges absolutely for every and . Continuity in follows from [F2] applied to with the integrable dominating function .
[Identification with the Plancherel transform] For , put , so ; comparing the defining integral of with the Fourier transform [F1] gives , the last equality because and extends . Hence on .
[The dilation is a unitary] For the substitution is an invertible linear map with determinant , so by [F3] applied to , . Thus is a linear isometry; its inverse is likewise an isometry and the two compositions are the identity, so is a surjective isometry.
[Norm preservation on Schwartz functions] By steps 2.1 and 2.2 and unitarity of [F1], for ; moreover is linear on because the integral and the dilation are linear.
[Unique unitary extension] The subspace is dense in because it contains the dense subspace [F4]; by [F5] the isometry on has a unique bounded linear extension with the same norm, so for every . Surjectivity: for arbitrary , the vector lies in , and since agrees with on the dense set while both sides are bounded, ; hence is onto. The norm identity of clause (c) is exactly , and the normalization discussion is the determinant computation of step 2.2 read at .
Depends on
Plancherel theorem
Fourier transform on complex L1 classes
Dominated convergence
A linear map of sends Lebesgue measurable sets to Lebesgue measurable sets, with when is invertible and Lebesgue null when it is not
Monotone convergence for the integral
Smooth compactly supported functions of an open set are dense in
A bounded linear map from a dense normed subspace into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm
Riesz-Fischer completeness of for
Schwartz space and its seminorms
The space as the quotient by null functions
Lebesgue measurable sets, the family , and the restricted set function
Hilbert space
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()