Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics

Volume 12, Issue 2 (February 2024)

ISSN Print: 2327-4352   ISSN Online: 2327-4379

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Feynman Path Integral Using Operator Integration in Banach Space

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DOI: 10.4236/jamp.2024.122028    61 Downloads   217 Views  

ABSTRACT

Feynman-Path Integral in Banach Space: In 1940, R.P. Feynman attempted to find a mathematical representation to express quantum dynamics of the general form for a double-slit experiment. His intuition on several slits with several walls in terms of Lagrangian instead of Hamiltonian resulted in a magnificent work. It was known as Feynman Path Integrals in quantum physics, and a large part of the scientific community still considers them a heuristic tool that lacks a sound mathematical definition. This paper aims to refute this prejudice, by providing an extensive and self-contained description of the mathematical theory of Feynman Path Integration, from the earlier attempts to the latest developments, as well as its applications to quantum mechanics. About a hundred years after the beginning of modern physics, it was realized that light could in fact show behavioral characteristics of both waves and particles. In 1927, Davisson and Germer demonstrated that electrons show the same dual behavior, which was later extended to atoms and molecules. We shall follow the method of integration with some modifications to construct a generalized Lebesgue-Bochner-Stieltjes (LBS) integral of the form , where u is a bilinear operator acting in the product of Banach spaces, f is a Bochner summable function, and μ is a vector-valued measure. We will demonstrate that the Feynman Path Integral is consistent and can be justified mathematically with LBS integration approach.

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Ahangar, R. , Cetin, E. and Ege, S. (2024) Feynman Path Integral Using Operator Integration in Banach Space. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 12, 432-444. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2024.122028.

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