Feynman's operational calculus and beyond : noncommutativity and time-ordering
Johnson, Gerald WAuthor
Lapidus, Michel LContributor
Lapidus, Michel LAuthor
Nielsen, LanceContributor
Nielsen, LanceAuthor
This title is aimed at providing a coherent, essentially self-contained, rigorous and comprehensive abstract theory of Feynman's operational calculus for functions of (typically) noncommuting operators. Although it is inspired by Feynman's original heuristic suggestions and time-ordering (or disentangling) rules in his seminal 1951 paper, as is made clear in the text, the theory developed in this book also goes well beyond them in a number of directions which were not anticipated in Feynman's work.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title is aimed at providing a coherent, essentially self-contained, rigorous and comprehensive abstract theory of Feynman's operational calculus for functions of (typically) noncommuting operators. Although it is inspired by Feynman's original heuristic suggestions and time-ordering (or disentangling) rules in his seminal 1951 paper, as is made clear in the text, the theory developed in this book also goes well beyond them in a number of directions which were not anticipated in Feynman's work.
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Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.
Calculus, Operational
Quantum theory
Operations Research
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering & Applied Sciences