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Functional integration successfully entered physics as path integrals in the 1942 Ph.D. dissertation of Richard P. Feynman, but it made no sense at all as a mathematical definition. Cartier and DeWitt-Morette have created, in this book, a fresh approach to functional integration. The book is self-contained: mathematical ideas are introduced, developed, generalised and applied. In the authors' hands, functional integration is shown to be a robust, user-friendly and multi-purpose tool that can be applied to a great variety of situations, for example: systems of indistinguishable particles; Aharonov–Bohm systems; supersymmetry; non-gaussian integrals. Problems in quantum field theory are also considered. In the final part the authors outline topics that can be profitably pursued using material already presented.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Mathematics Calculus & mathematical analysis

• Full title: Functional Integration
• Subtitle: Action and Symmetries
• Author: Pierre CartierCecile DeWitt-Morette
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 476
• EAN: 9780521866965
• ISBN: 0521866960
• ID: 02048038
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 973 g
• Dimensions: 155 × 180 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. November 2006

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