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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.
Published as Generalized Heisenberg algebra from $o(2,4)$ arXiv:2606.05049
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