A new property of determinants and the generating function of Wigner 9-j symbols
Mehdi Hage-Hassan
Abstract
We find a new property of determinants very useful for the computation of the generating function of the recouplings coefficients of the angular momentum. Using the generating function method, we simply transform the treatment of Schwinger's couplings in the bosons basis to the analytic space (Fock space). We find the exact generating function of the 9-j coefficients using the property of the determinants and the Gaussian integral. We also give a simple proof of the celebrated Mehler's formula.