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The semi-classical approximation to black hole partition functions is not well-defined, because the classical action is unbounded and the first variation of the uncorrected action does not vanish for all variations preserving the boundary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Daniel Grumiller

We review some techniques from non-linear analysis in order to investigate critical paths for the action functional in the calculus of variations applied to physics. Previous attempts to analyse when these are minima ex- ist, but mainly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-22 E. López , A. Molgado , J. A. Vallejo

Non-relativistic quantum mechanics for a free particle is shown to emerge from classical mechanics through an invariance principle under transformations that preserve the Heisenberg position-momentum inequality. These transformations are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Leon Brenig

We make a rigorous study of classical field equations on a 2-dimensional signature changing spacetime using the techniques of operator theory. Boundary conditions at the surface of signature change are determined by forming self-adjoint…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 L. J. Alty , C. J. Fewster

In the complex action theory (CAT) we explicitly examine how the momentum and Hamiltonian are defined from the Feynman path integral (FPI) point of view based on the complex coordinate formalism of our foregoing paper. After reviewing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-05 Keiichi Nagao , Holger Bech Nielsen

The efficient simulation of quantum dynamics and ground states is a central challenge in physics and a key frontier for quantum advantage. While short-time evolution in one-dimensional systems can often be simulated classically, extending…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-22 Yusen Wu , Yukun Zhang , Chuan Wang , Xiao Yuan

We analyze the dynamical equations obeyed by a classical system with position-dependent mass. It is shown that there is a non-conservative force quadratic in the velocity associated to the variable mass. We construct the Lagrangian and the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-18 Sara Cruz y Cruz , Oscar Rosas-Ortiz

We develop a class of C1-continuous time integration methods that are applicable to conservative problems in elastodynamics. These methods are based on Hamilton's law of varying action. From the action of the continuous system we derive a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-18 Janine C. Mergel , Roger A. Sauer , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

We propose six principles as the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics: principle of space and time, Galilean principle of relativity, Hamilton's principle, wave principle, probability principle, and principle of indestructibility and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eijiro Sakai

The Hamilton-Lagrange action principle for Relativistic Schr\"odinger Theory (RST) is converted to a variational principle (with constraints) for the stationary bound states. The groundstate energy is the minimally possible value of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-07-03 M. Mattes , M. Sorg

We introduce a variational method for approximating distribution functions of dynamics with a ``Liouville operator'' $\hL,$ in terms of a {\em nonequilibrium action functional} for two independent (left and right) trial states. The method…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-28 Gregory L. Eyink

In this paper we revise the main aspects of the Hamiltonian analogy: the fact that optical paths are completely analogous to mechanical trajectories. We follow Schr\"{o}dinger's original idea and go beyond this analogy by changing over from…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2010-12-21 Jaume Masoliver , Ana Ros

An analysis of the Schwinger's action principle in Lagrangian quantum field theory is presented. A solution of a problem contained in it is proposed via a suitable definition of a derivative with respect to operator variables. This results…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Bozhidar Z. Iliev

A probabilistic interpretation of one-particle relativistic quantum mechanics is proposed. Quantum Action Principle formulated earlier is used for to make the dynamics of the Minkowsky time variable of a particle to be classical. After…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-09 Natalia Gorobey , Alexander Lukyanenko , Inna Lukyanenko

We study the classical and quantum theory of a class of nonlinear differential equations on chronology violating spacetime models in which space consists of finitely many discrete points. Classically, in the linear and weakly nonlinear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 C. J. Fewster , A. Higuchi , C. G. Wells

A review of fundamentals and physical applications of fractional quantum mechanics has been presented. Fundamentals cover fractional Schr\"odinger equation, quantum Riesz fractional derivative, path integral approach to fractional quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-29 Nick Laskin

A theoretical scheme, based on a probabilistic generalization of the Hamilton's principle, is elaborated to obtain an unified description of more general dynamical behaviors determined both from a lagrangian function and by mechanisms not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-28 Matteo Villani

The focus of the thesis is to obtain a universal formalism to evaluate the perturbations during inflation at all orders that can be applied to any theory of gravity and matter source in the early universe. We first look at the equivalence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-10 Debottam Nandi

In the quadri-dimensional space-time, the variation of Hamilton's action is a powerful tool to study the process equations for conservative fluid media. In this framework, Hamilton's principle allows to obtain equation of motions, equation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Henri Gouin

We prove that autoparallel curves associated with a torsion-free but not necessarily metric-compatible affine connection can be derived from an action principle. We explicitly construct the action functional and show by standard variational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Lavinia Heisenberg