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The generalized definition equation of a G-weighted metricds 2 from the datum of any groupG acting onto a vector space mapped by a continuous numerical functionμ is applied whenE =R n andG = the group of translations inR n. Here,G does not act linearly inR n andR n is considered as an affine space. The solution readsds 2 = −d 2(InI)/(Bp),I = (4iπx 0)n/2 ·ψ, wherex 0 = −i/(2p), ψ is a solution of the Schrödinger-type equation Δψ +iϖψ/ϖx 0 = 0, andB is a uniform term depending onx 0. Whenn = 3,p is interpreted as the reciprocal of a time variable. Attempts to identifyds 2 with the spatial part of a space-time metric of general relativity failed except for the flat Robertson and Walker spaces. In the simplest case,B = 1/R 2(t) and\(\Psi (p,r) = e^{ - pr^2 /2}\). A uniform but non-constant “imaginary potential energy” of the space can be formally derived: V(x 0) = 3i/(2x 0). Despite a striking formal link with tools of physical mathematics, no physical validation of the propositions of chemical algebra is claimed.
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Suppose that the left member of (\(\mathbb{E}\)) under its differential form still reduces to: θu,u+du(γds)-1 = pds 2.. Ifds 2 means a (positive or negative) squared distance, and ifp is a real parameter, the local pairing productK p , (u, u +d u) on the right-hand side of the equation must be a real number, even if μ is complex. It could be therefore suggested that in such a case, the upper and the lower products inK are replaced by two scalar products between members of the ℝ-vector space ℂ identified to ℝ2 However, ifp is an imaginary number (p =ip′,p′ εℝ), the left-hand side of (\(\mathbb{E}\)) is a pure imaginary number θu,u+du(γds) − =ip′ds 2, but there is no natural way to reduce the right-hand sideK ip , (u, u +d u) to a pure imaginary number under such a condition.
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Chauvin, R. Chemical algebra. VI:G-weighted metrics of non-compact groups: Group of translations in the Euclidean space. J Math Chem 17, 247–264 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01164850
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