Mathematical Theory of Feynman Path Integrals An Introduction

Feynman path integrals, suggested heuristically by Feynman in the 40s, have become the basis of much of contemporary physics, from non-relativistic quantum mechanics to quantum fields, including gauge fields, gravitation, cosmology. Recently ideas based on Feynman path integrals have also played an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Albeverio, Sergio, Høegh-Krohn, Rafael (Author), Mazzucchi, Sonia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:2nd ed. 2008
Series:Lecture Notes in Mathematics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The Fresnel Integral of Functions on a Separable Real Hilbert Spa
  • 3.The Feynman Path Integral in Potential Scattering
  • 4.The Fresnel Integral Relative to a Non-singular Quadratic Form
  • 5.Feynman Path Integrals for the Anharmonic Oscillator
  • 6.Expectations with Respect to the Ground State of the Harmonic Oscillator
  • 7.Expectations with Respect to the Gibbs State of the Harmonic Oscillator
  • 8.The Invariant Quasi-free States
  • 9.The Feynman Hystory Integral for the Relativistic Quantum Boson Field
  • 10.Some Recent Developments
  • 10.1.The infinite dimensional oscillatory integral
  • 10.2.Feynman path integrals for polynomially growing potentials
  • 10.3.The semiclassical expansio
  • 10.4.Alternative approaches to Feynman path integrals
  • 10.4.1.Analytic continuation
  • 10.4.2.White noise calculus
  • 10.5.Recent applications
  • 10.5.1.The Schroedinger equation with magnetic fields
  • 10.5.2.The Schroedinger equation with time dependent potentials
  • 10.5.3 .hase space Feynman path integrals
  • 10.5.4.The stochastic Schroedinger equation
  • 10.5.5.The Chern-Simons functional integral
  • References of the first edition
  • References of the second edition
  • Analytic index
  • List of Notations