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This paper provides a brief introduction to how unitary representations of diffeomorphism groups can describe certain quantum systems having infinitely many degrees of freedom. It is a partial report of our joint work [1], based on the August 1994 talk by the first author at the Symmetries in Science VIII conference in Bregenz, Austria. We would like to express appreciation to the conference organizers, especially Professor Bruno Gruber, for the opportunity to present our results.
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Goldin, G.A., Moschella, U. (1995). Diffeomorphism Groups, Quasi-Invariant Measures, and Infinite Quantum Systems. In: Gruber, B. (eds) Symmetries in Science VIII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1915-7_13
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