Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of symbols, conventions, and formulary
- PART I THE PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL ENVIRONMENT
- PART II QUANTUM MECHANICS
- 2 First lesson: gaussian integrals
- 3 Selected examples
- 4 Semiclassical expansion; WKB
- 5 Semiclassical expansion; beyond WKB
- 6 Quantum dynamics: path integrals and the operator formalism
- PART III METHODS FROM DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
- PART IV NON-GAUSSIAN APPLICATIONS
- PART V PROBLEMS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- PART VI PROJECTS
- APPENDICES
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Quantum dynamics: path integrals and the operator formalism
from PART II - QUANTUM MECHANICS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of symbols, conventions, and formulary
- PART I THE PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL ENVIRONMENT
- PART II QUANTUM MECHANICS
- 2 First lesson: gaussian integrals
- 3 Selected examples
- 4 Semiclassical expansion; WKB
- 5 Semiclassical expansion; beyond WKB
- 6 Quantum dynamics: path integrals and the operator formalism
- PART III METHODS FROM DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
- PART IV NON-GAUSSIAN APPLICATIONS
- PART V PROBLEMS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- PART VI PROJECTS
- APPENDICES
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Functional IntegrationAction and Symmetries, pp. 114 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006