Wave packet analysis of Feynman path integrals

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Wave packet analysis of Feynman path integrals

Fabio Nicola, S. Ivan Trapasso

(Lecture notes in mathematics, 2305)

Springer, 2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The purpose of this monograph is to offer an accessible and essentially self-contained presentation of some mathematical aspects of the Feynman path integral in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In spite of the primary role in the advancement of modern theoretical physics and the wide range of applications, path integrals are still a source of challenging problem for mathematicians. From this viewpoint, path integrals can be roughly described in terms of approximation formulas for an operator (usually the propagator of a Schroedinger-type evolution equation) involving a suitably designed sequence of operators. In keeping with the spirit of harmonic analysis, the guiding theme of the book is to illustrate how the powerful techniques of time-frequency analysis - based on the decomposition of functions and operators in terms of the so-called Gabor wave packets - can be successfully applied to mathematical path integrals, leading to remarkable results and paving the way to a fruitful interaction. This monograph intends to build a bridge between the communities of people working in time-frequency analysis and mathematical/theoretical physics, and to provide an exposition of the present novel approach along with its basic toolkit. Having in mind a researcher or a Ph.D. student as reader, we collected in Part I the necessary background, in the most suitable form for our purposes, following a smooth pedagogical pattern. Then Part II covers the analysis of path integrals, reflecting the topics addressed in the research activity of the authors in the last years.

Table of Contents

- Itinerary - How Gabor Analysis met Feynman Path Integrals. - Part I Elements of Gabor Analysis. - Basic Facts of Classical Analysis. - The Gabor Analysis of Functions. - The Gabor Analysis of Operators. - Semiclassical Gabor Analysis. - Part II Analysis of Feynman Path Integrals. - Pointwise Convergence of the Integral Kernels. - Convergence in L(L2) - Potentials in the Sjoestrand Class. - Convergence in L(L2) - Potentials in Kato-Sobolev Spaces. - Convergence in the Lp Setting.

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  • NCID
    BC16218002
  • ISBN
    • 9783031061851
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 211 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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