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1Department of Mathematics, University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom. a.soklakov@rhbnc.ac.uk
Abstract:
We derive a simple closed form for the matrix elements of the quantum baker's map that shows that the map is an approximate shift in a symbolic representation based on discrete phase space. We use this result to give a formal proof that the quantum baker's map approaches a classical Bernoulli shift in the limit of a small effective Planck's constant.
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