 Metaplectic correction (source code)

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= Metaplectic correction

= Half-form correction
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Tensor the prequantum bundle with a square root of the canonical <determinant> bundle of a polarization, when such a square root exists. The half-form contributes to the state pairing and to the observable action. It improves coordinate invariance and accounts for familiar Maslov and oscillator zero-point shifts. Its existence is additional global data, not automatic from prequantum integrality.

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