Finite Systems on Phase Space

This contribution summarizes work on finite, non-cyclic Hamiltonian systems —in particular the one-dimensional finite oscillator—, in conjunction with a Lie algebraic definition of the (meta-) phase space of finite systems, and a corresponding Wigner distribution function for the state vectors. The consistency of this approach is important for the strategy of fractionalization of a finite Fourier transform, and the contraction of finite unitary to continuous symplectic transformations of Hamiltonian systems.