# Wigner-Type Theorem on transition probability preserving maps in   semifinite factors

**Authors:** Wenhua Qian, Liguang Wang, Wenming Wu, Wei Yuan

arXiv: 1802.09157 · 2018-02-27

## TL;DR

This paper extends Wigner's theorem to transition probability preserving maps in semifinite factors, providing a new approach to characterize such maps beyond bijections and generalizing previous results.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel method to describe transition probability preserving maps in semifinite factors, broadening the scope of Wigner-type theorems.

## Key findings

- Generalizes Molnár and G. P. Geher's results
- Provides a new approach to non-bijective maps
- Characterizes transition probability preserving maps in semifinite factors

## Abstract

The Wigner's theorem, which is one of the cornerstones of the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, asserts that every symmetry of quantum system is unitary or anti-unitary. This classical result was first given by Wigner in 1931. Thereafter it has been proved and generalized in various ways by many authors. Recently, G. P. Geh\'{e}r extended Wigner's and Moln\'{a}r's theorems and characterized the transformations on the Grassmann space of all rank-$n$ projections which preserve the transition probability. The aim of this paper is to provide a new approach to describe the general form of the transition probability preserving (not necessarily bijective) maps between Grassmann spaces. As a byproduct, we are able to generalize the results of Moln\'{a}r and G. P. Geh\'{e}r.

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