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Can the conformal group algebra rewrite Heisenberg uncertainty?
Tea Martinic Bilac, Stjepan Meljanac, Salvatore Mignemi
June 3, 2026
The conformal algebra o(2,4)—which describes how spacetime scales and rotates—can generate a modified Heisenberg algebra where position and momentum don't commute in the usual way and Planck's constant is promoted to a variable. This generalizes quantum mechanics on curved spacetime while keeping spatial and momentum coordinates flat, bridging noncommutative geometry and fundamental quantum relations.
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