Operator formalism equivalent to the Feynman quantization technique
V. Janiš, Jiří Souček, Vladimı́r Souček
The concept of a Fock–Stueckelberg space of quantum states and a procedure of an operator quantization using only Lagrangians (kinematical quantization) are introduced. A propagator operator 𝒦, matrix elements of which are Green’s functions, is used, and an equation of motion for it is derived. We prove that kinematical quantization is an operator (coordinate-free) form of the Feynman quantization technique. The Feynman path integral (FPI) is obtained as a spectral representation of the operator 𝒦 in a coordinate basis. The connection of a representation of commutation relations in this scheme, the domain of integration in FPI, and causality is mentioned.
Journal of Mathematical Physics•Apr 1, 1983•1 citation