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The aim of the presented research is to give a rigorous mathematical approach to Feynman path integrals based on strong (pathwise) approximations based on simple random walks.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-22 Tamás Szabados

We consider classical and quantum mechanics related to an additional noncommutativity, symmetric in position and momentum coordinates. We show that such mechanical system can be transformed to the corresponding one which allows employment…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Branko Dragovich , Zoran Rakic

In the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the phase factor Exp[iS(x[t])] is associated with every path x[t]. Summing this factor over all paths yields Feynman's propagator as a sum-over-paths. In the original formulation, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. N. Ord , J. A. Gualtieri , R. B. Mann

The roles of Lie groups in Feynman's path integrals in non-relativistic quantum mechanics are discussed. Dynamical as well as geometrical symmetries are found useful for path integral quantization. Two examples having the symmetry of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-28 Akira Inomata , Georg Junker

It is apparent to anyone who thinks about it that, to a large degree, the basic concepts of Newtonian physics are quite intuitive, but quantum mechanics is not. My purpose in this talk is to introduce you to a new, much more intuitive way…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-12 Marvin Weinstein

Applicability of Feynman path integral approach to numerical simulations of quantum dynamics in real time domain is examined. Coherent quantum dynamics is demonstrated with one dimensional test cases (quantum dot models) and performance of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Ilkka Ruokosenmäki , Tapio T. Rantala

In this paper I show how path integral techniques can be used to put measures on histories in "susceptible-infectious-recovered" (SIR)-type systems. The standard SIR solution emerges as the classical saddle point of the action describing…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2020-06-03 Steven Gratton

Simulations that couple different classical molecular models in an adaptive way by changing the number of degrees of freedom on the fly, are available within reasonably consistent theoretical frameworks. The same does not occur when it…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-18 A. B. Poma , L. Delle Site

Feynman's path integral is herein generalized to the nonextensive canonical density matrix based on Tsallis entropy. This generalization is done in two ways by using unnormalized and normalized constraints. Firstly, we consider the path…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. K. Lenzi , L. C. Malacarne , R. S. Mendes

Recently, it was found that a new set of simple techniques allow one to conveniently express ordinary integrals through differentiation. These techniques add to the general toolbox for integration and integral transforms such as the Fourier…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-17 Achim Kempf , David M. Jackson , Alejandro H. Morales

We develop a non-perturbative method for calculating partition functions of strongly coupled quantum mechanical systems with interactions between subsystems described by a path integral of a dual system. The dual path integral is derived…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-09 Vitaly Vanchurin

On the basis of the canonical quantization procedure of a system defined on a cubic lattice, we propose a new method, in which resolutions of unity expressed in terms of eigenvectors are naturally provided, to find eigenvectors of field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-06 Seiji Sakoda

Score-based diffusion models have proven effective in image generation and have gained widespread usage; however, the underlying factors contributing to the performance disparity between stochastic and deterministic (i.e., the probability…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Yuji Hirono , Akinori Tanaka , Kenji Fukushima

We provide a detailed exposition of the connections between Boltzmann machines commonly utilized in machine learning problems and the ideas already well known in quantum statistical mechanics through Feynman's description of the same. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Srinivasan S. Iyengar , Sabre Kais

The calculus of variation and the construction of path integrals is revisited within the framework of non-linear generalized functions. This allows us to make a rigorous analysis of the variation of an action that takes into account the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-06-29 Quentin Ansel

We provide a new paradigm for quantum simulation that is based on path integration that allows quantum speedups to be observed for problems that are more naturally expressed using the path integral formalism rather than the conventional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Serene Shum , Nathan Wiebe

This paper suggests a new way to compute the path integral for simple quantum mechanical systems. The new algorithm originated from previous research in string theory. However, its essential simplicity is best illustrated in the case of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Ansoldi , A. Aurilia , E. Spallucci

Compared to classical optical coherence theory based on Maxwell's electromagnetic theory and Glauber's quantum optical coherence theory based on matrix mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics, quantum optical coherence theory based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-18 Jianbin Liu , Yu Zhou , Hui Chen , Huaibin Zheng , Yuchen He , Fuli Li , Zhuo Xu

The saddle points of a conventional Feynman path integral are not entangled, since they comprise a sequence of classical field configurations. We combine insights from field theory and tensor networks by constructing a Feynman path integral…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-07-08 A. G. Green , C. A. Hooley , J. Keeling , S. H. Simon

The Feynman path integral for nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics is studied mathematically of a standard model in physics, where the electromagnetic potential is assumed to be periodic with respect to a large box and quantized thorough…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-09-25 Wataru Ichinose