Journal of Applied Probability

Feynman integral and phase space probability

James G. Gilson

Published Aug 1, 1968• 5 citations

Abstract

The relation between “forward” and “backward” definitions of quantum velocity is discussed. A connection between the Feynman Integral and Wigner's phase space distributions which was noted in an earlier paper is explored further and some new and useful formulae are derived.

DOI: 10.1017/s002190020011006x

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