Alternative intepretations in modern physics: A selection

H. S. W. Massey

H. S. W. Massey

Qian Shang-Wu, Chan King-Man, Gu Zhi-Yu

This article revisits Feynman's characteristic function, and points out the insight and usefulness of his physical interpretation. As an example, the tedious and rather long derivation of the propagator in polar coordinates can be easily and clearly obtained by merely using Feynman's physical intepretation of the characteristic function and some well-known results of central force problem.

W. Macdonald Smith

E. Von Rycken Wilson

Qian Qian, Shang-Wu, Чан +3 more

This article revisits Feynman's characteristic function, and points out the insight and usefulness of hisphysical interpretation. As an example, the tedious and rather long derivation of the propagator in polar coordinatescan be easily and clearly obtained by merely using Feynman's physical intepretation of the characteristic function andsome well-known results of central force problem.