{
  "id": "1208.0908",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-08-04T09:10:50.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-08-04T09:10:50.000Z",
  "title": "A Geometric Picture of the Wave Function: Fermi's Trick",
  "authors": [
    "Maurice A. de Gosson"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "math-ph",
    "math.MP",
    "physics.pop-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between wave functions and surfaces in the position-momentum phase plane bounded by a closed curve satisfying an exact quantum condition refining the usual EBK condition. This is achieved using an old forgotten idea of Enrico Fermi.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-08-04T09:10:50.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "wave function",
      "fermis trick",
      "geometric picture",
      "usual ebk condition",
      "old forgotten idea"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012arXiv1208.0908D"
    }
  }
}