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 is obtained.
Cite
@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