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An inequality in Feynman integrands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. B. Fairlie
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

Abstract

A proof by means of graphical techniques is given of an inequality conjectured by Nakanishi concerning the Feynman integrand for any term in the perturbation expansion of the scattering amplitude.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1963

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