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Generalizations to Feynman's Path Integration Methods in One Dimension

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John W. Russell

Quantum Physics · Submitted 22 Aug 2018

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The authors' main claim This paper reviews and generalizes Feynman's path integration methods which use time slicing with straight line segments and Fourier sine series.

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arXiv ID1808.09539 (version 2)
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CitationJohn W. Russell. "Generalizations to Feynman's Path Integration Methods in One Dimension." arXiv:1808.09539 (2018). https://pith.science/paper/YDR67FDK
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This paper reviews and generalizes Feynman's path integration methods which use time slicing with straight line segments and Fourier sine series. The generalizations are done from variational calculus considerations and in one dimension for simplicity in demonstrating concepts.

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This paper reviews and generalizes Feynman's path integration methods which use time slicing with straight line segments and Fourier sine series. The generalizations are done from variational calculus considerations and in one dimension for simplicity in demonstrating concepts.

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