Phase Space and Its Symmetries

The following sections are included:

• The Arena of Nonrelativistic Phase Space

  • Phase space and time

  • Phase space and quantum numbers

• Born’s Problem: Mass vs. Reciprocity

  • Mass scales and phase space

  • Mass and reciprocity

  • The concept of mass: A heuristic

• Emergence of U(1) ⊗ SU(3)

  • Generalized reciprocity: U(1)

  • Generalized rotation: SU(3)

  • Classical case