prequantization

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ quantization.

Noun

prequantization (plural prequantizations)

1. (mathematics, physics) The process of finding a quantum analog of a classical system by introducing a quantization condition.
   • 2015, Yasha Savelyev, Egor Shelukhin, “Twisted and untwisted K-theory quantization, and symplectic topology”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Using the theory of $Spi{n}^c$ Dirac quantization, we set up natural K-theory invariants of structure group $Con{t}_0(P,\alpha )$ fibrations of prequantization spaces.