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The Feynman’s path integral and its equivalence to the Dirac-Feynman N-slit interference probability amplitude

Francisco Duarte, Travis Taylor

Published Jun 30, 2026• 0 citations
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It is shown that the probability amplitude in the Feynman path integral formalism and the probability amplitude in the Dirac-Feynman approach are equivalent in the N-slit interferometric landscape.
DOI
10.1364/opticaopen.32604957.v2

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