Rigorous Time Slicing Approach to Feynman Path Integrals
This book proves that Feynman's original definition of the path integral actually converges to the fundamental solution of the Schrödinger equation at least in the short term if the potential is differentiable sufficiently many times and its derivatives o
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Daisuke Fujiwara
Rigorous Time Slicing Approach to Feynman Path Integrals
Mathematical Physics Studies Series editors Giuseppe Dito, Dijon, France Edward Frenkel, Berkeley, CA, USA Sergei Gukov, Pasadena, CA, USA Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, Tokyo, Japan Maxim Kontsevich, Bures-sur-Yvette, France Nicolaas P. Landsman, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Daisuke Fujiwara
Rigorous Time Slicing Approach to Feynman Path Integrals
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Daisuke Fujiwara Department of Mathematics Gakushuin University Tokyo Japan
ISSN 0921-3767 Mathematical Physics Studies ISBN 978-4-431-56551-2 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-56553-6
ISSN 2352-3905
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ISBN 978-4-431-56553-6
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Preface
The Feynman path integral is a method of quantization using the Lagrangian function, while Schrödinger’s quantization uses the Hamiltonian function. Since it provides a different view point from Schrödinger’s, it is a very useful basic tool in quantum physics. These two methods are believed to be equivalent. But equivalence is not fully proved mathematically, because, compared with Schrödinger’s method, there is still much to be done concerning rigorous mathematical treatment of Feynman’s method. The difficulty lies in the fact that the Feynman path integral is not an integral by means of a countably additive measure. Feynman himself defined a path integral as the limit of a sequence of integrals over finite-dimensional spaces. To construct this approximating sequence he divided
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