Complex $q$-Analysis and Scalar Field Theory on a $q$-Lattice

Abstract

We develop the basic formalism of complex $q$-analysis to study the solutions of second order $q$-difference equations which reduce, in the $q\rightarrow 1$ limit, to the ordinary Laplace equation in Euclidean and Minkowski space. After defining an inner product on the function space we construct and study the properties of the solutions, and then apply this formalism to the Schrödinger equation and two-dimensional scalar field theory.