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A new method is presented for obtaining indefinite integrals of common special functions. The approach is based on a Lagrangian formulation of the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation of second order. A general integral…
A simplified direct method is described for obtaining massless scalar functional determinants on the Euclidean ball. The case of odd dimensions is explicitly discussed.
We discuss a specific class of regular-singular Laplace-type operators with matrix coefficients. Their zeta determinants were studied by K. Kirsten, P. Loya and J. Park on the basis of the Contour integral method, with general boundary…
Some well-known examples of constrained quantum systems commonly quantized via Feynman path integrals are re-examined using the notion of conditional integrators introduced in [1]. The examples yield some new perspectives on old results. As…
This paper introduces a new functional expansion framework that extends classical ideas beyond the Taylor series. Unlike traditional Taylor expansions based on local polynomial approximations, the proposed approach arises from exact…
We explore the analytic structure of three-point functions using contour deformations. This method allows continuing calculations analytically from the spacelike to the timelike regime. We first elucidate the case of two-point functions…
This paper discusses Hamel's formalism and its applications to structure-preserving integration of mechanical systems. It utilizes redundant coordinates in order to eliminate multiple charts on the configuration space as well as nonphysical…
We construct a new topology on the space of stopped paths and introduce a calculus for causal functionals on generic domains of this space. We propose a generic approach to pathwise integration without any assumption on the variation index…
The availability of a reliable bound on an integral involving the square of the modulus of a form factor on the unitarity cut allows one to constrain the form factor at points inside the analyticity domain and its shape parameters, and also…
We derive an integration by parts formula for functionals of determinantal processes on compact sets, completing the arguments of [4]. This is used to show the existence of a configuration-valued diffusion process which is non-colliding and…
We develop a compositional approach for automatic and symbolic differentiation based on categorical constructions in functional analysis where derivatives are linear functions on abstract vectors rather than being limited to scalars,…
In this work derivations of definite integrals listed in Prudnikov volume I, Gradshteyn and Ryzhik and a few other tables are produced. Special cases of these integrals in terms of fundamental constants are also evaluated. The method used…
In this paper a second order dynamical system model is proposed for computing a zero of a maximal comonotone operator in Hilbert spaces. Under mild conditions, we prove existence and uniqueness of a strong global solution of the proposed…
We introduce a suitable notion of integral operators (comprising the fractional Laplacian as a particular case) acting on functions with minimal requirements at infinity. For these functions, the classical definition would lead to divergent…
We consider a wide class of determinants whose entries are moments of the so-called semiclassical functionals and we show that they are tau functions for an appropriate isomonodromic family which depends on the parameters of the symbols for…
We study the determinant of the second variation of an optimal control problem for general boundary conditions. Generically, this operators are not trace class and the determinant is defined as a principal value limit. We provide a formula…
Contour integration is a crucial technique in many numeric methods of interest in physics ranging from differentiation to evaluating functions of matrices. It is often important to determine whether a given contour contains any poles or…
We study discrete (duality) symmetries of functional determinants. An exact transformation of the effective action under the inversion of background fields $\beta (x) \to \beta^{-1}(x)$ is found. We show that in many cases this inversion…
It is shown how the pre-exponential factor of the Feynman propagator for a large class of potentials can be computed using contour integrals. This is of direct relevance in the context of tunnelling processes in quantum theories. The…
Analysing an application in liquid film dynamics, a guide for obtaining the corresponding constrained functional derivatives for constraints coupling the functional variables is given. The use of constrained derivatives makes the proper…