Wikipedia does not have much on its page for multiplicative quantum numbers, so I was wondering if there was a list or something somewhere?
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2related: https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/246152/84967 – AccidentalFourierTransform Sep 20 '21 at 16:24
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It's worth scoping what physics you accept for the purposes of this question. Whether this counts depends on whether it exists. You'll find that happens with some examples. – J.G. Sep 20 '21 at 17:21
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Multiplicative quantum numbers arise as eigenvalues of finite transformations, where additive ones occurs as a result of infinitesimal transformations.
Thus, parity is multiplicative since parity is a finite transformations. Similarly, if a state $\vert\psi\rangle$ is even under permutation and $\vert\chi\rangle$ is odd under permutation of its constituents, then $\vert\psi\rangle\vert\chi\rangle$ is odd.
On the other hand, the eigenvalues of $\hat L_z$ are additive since $\hat L_z$ is a generator of infinitesimal transformations. Thus, for small $\theta$: \begin{align} \exp^{-i\theta (\hat L_z^{(1)}+\hat L_z^{(2)})}\vert \ell_1m_1\rangle \vert \ell_2m_2\rangle&\approx \left(\hat 1 -i\theta (\hat L_z^{(1)}+\hat L_z^{(2)})+\ldots\right)\vert \ell_1m_1\rangle \vert \ell_2m_2\rangle\, , \\ &= \left(\hat 1 -i\theta (m_1+m_2)\right)\vert \ell_1m_1\rangle \vert \ell_2m_2\rangle \end{align}

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