Lagrangian Methods and the Path Integral

Peter Woit ()
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Peter Woit: Columbia University, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 35 in Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations, 2017, pp 433-445 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we will give a rapid survey of a different starting point for developing quantum mechanics, based on the Lagrangian rather than Hamiltonian classical formalism.

Keywords: Classical Hamiltonian Formalism; Phase Space Path Integral; Peierls Bracket; Infinite-dimensional Integration; Quantum Field Theory Textbooks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64612-1_35

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