Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Feynman path integral for dissipative Lagrangians

E. Badralexe

Published Feb 21, 1984• 2 citations

Abstract

For a general time-dependent and the Bateman-Morse-Feshbach-Bopp Lagrangian the Feynman path integral is evaluated by establishing a polynomial representation of the Van Vleck determinant.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/17/3/018

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