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Canadian Journal of Physics

Deriving the path integral from the operator formalism

Anwar Y. Shiekh

Published Apr 1, 1990• 1 citation
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Abstract

The path integral is derived from the operator formalism with a little more caution than usual.
DOI
10.1139/p90-067

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