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When physics helps mathematics: calculation of the sophisticated multiple integral

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2012-12-05 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

There exists a remarkable connection between the quantum mechanical Landau-Zener problem and purely classical-mechanical problem of a ball rolling on a Cornu spiral. This correspondence allows us to calculate a complicated multiple integral, a kind of multi-dimensional generalization of Fresnel integrals. A direct method of calculation is also considered but found to be successful only in some low-dimensional cases. As a byproduct of this direct method, an interesting new integral representation for ζ(2)\zeta(2) is obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1201.1975,
  title  = {When physics helps mathematics: calculation of the sophisticated multiple integral},
  author = {A. L. Kholodenko and Z. K. Silagadze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.1975},
  year   = {2012}
}

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13 pages, no figures

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