prequantization

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ quantization.

Noun

prequantization (plural prequantizations)

  1. (mathematics, physics) The process of finding a quantum analog of a classical system by introducing a quantization condition.
    • 2015, Yasha Savelyev, Egor Shelukhin, “Twisted and untwisted K-theory quantization, and symplectic topology”, in arXiv:
      Using the theory of Dirac quantization, we set up natural K-theory invariants of structure group fibrations of prequantization spaces.