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On the Feynman path integral in q, , p space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

N. L. Balazs
N. L. Balazs
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

An alternative definition is proposed for the kernel used by Feynman. This definition involves a functional integration in a q, , p space, treating these variables as independent. The equivalence of this definition to the Feynman one and to the one using the variables q, p is exhibited.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , September 1969 , pp. 403 - 405
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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