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arXiv:1507.02201 · Symmetry Integrability and Geometry Methods and Applications

Path Integrals on Euclidean Space Forms

Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina, Guillermo Capobianco, Walter Reartes, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Published Sep 3, 2015• 2 citations
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Abstract

In this paper we develop a quantization method for flat compact manifolds based on path integrals.In this method the Hilbert space of holomorphic functions in the complexification of the manifold is used.This space is a reproducing kernel Hilbert space.A definition of the Feynman propagator, based on the reproducing property of this space, is proposed.In the R n case the obtained results coincide with the known expressions.

DOI
10.3842/sigma.2015.071

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