A new perspective on functional integration
A new perspective on functional integration
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功能集成的新视角
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1995
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通讯作者:
C. DeWitt
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P. Cartier;C. DeWitt
The core of this article is a general theorem with a large number of specializations. Given a manifold N and a finite number of one‐parameter groups of point transformations on N with generators Y,X(1),...,X(d), we obtain, via functional integration over spaces of pointed paths on N (paths with one fixed point), a one‐parameter group of functional operators acting on tensor or spinor fields on N. The generator of this group is a quadratic form in the Lie derivatives LX(α) in the X(α)‐direction plus a term linear in LY. The basic functional integral is over L2,1 paths x:T→N (continuous paths with square integrable first derivative). Although the integrator is invariant under time translation, the integral is powerful enough to be used for systems which are not time translation invariant. Seven nontrivial applications of the basic formula are given, and the semiclassical expansion is computed. The methods of proof are rigorous and combine Albeverio–Ho/egh‐Krohn oscillatory integrals with Elworthy’s parametr...