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Stochastic representations of Feynman integration

J. Math. Phys. 48, 122106 (2007); doi:10.1063/1.2812416

Published 17 December 2007

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William Boos
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, USA
For polynomially bounded potentials V such that H=H0+V is essentially self-adjoint on S(Rd)[subset, equals]D(H0)[intersection]D(V), this essay offers two reconstructions of Feynman's sum over histories as the unitary image of a genuine integral with respect to Wiener measure µ of a functional sigma<sub>t</sub><sup>x</sup>(omega) defined on the space W of Brownian paths omega into momentum space Rd. The first representation, based on Feynman's original argument, “lifts” sigma<sub>t</sub><sup>x</sup>(omega) from a “convolutional Trotter product formula” for the Fourier-transformed image phi-hatt(p) of the time-evolved wave function phit(x)=exp(−itH)phi(x) in L2(Rd). The second—which varies and extends a construction introduced in a slightly different context by Albeverio and Høegh-Krohn [Mathematical Theory of Feynman Integrals, Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics Vol. 523 (Springer, New York, 1976)]—lifts the functional sigma<sub>t</sub><sup>x</sup>(omega) from a “convolutional Dyson expansion” of the time-evolved momentum-space function phi-hatt(p). ©2007 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 15 March 2007; accepted 11 October 2007; published 17 December 2007
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 05.10.Gg
    Stochastic analysis methods (statistical physics/nonlinear dynamics) including Fokker–Planck, Langevin methods, etc.
  • 02.50.Ey
    Stochastic processes
  • 02.30.Uu
    Integral transforms
  • 02.30.Nw
    Fourier analysis
  • 05.40.Jc
    Brownian motion
  • YEAR: 2007

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