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A simplified method for integrating over Feynman histories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

S. G. Brush
S. G. Brush
Affiliation:
The Mathematical InstituteOxford
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Abstract

In Feynman's ‘space-time’ formulation of quantum mechanics the Green's function for the Schrödinger equation is defined by an integral over all histories of the system. By integrating over one-parameter sets of functions, one gets the same Green's function as by integrating over a Fourier series, in simple cases. The method may be useful for estimating the result in cases when the integration over all histories cannot be performed exactly.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , July 1957 , pp. 651 - 653
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1957

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