Wave Packet Analysis of Feynman Path Integrals: 2305 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2305) - Softcover

Nicola, Fabio; Trapasso, S. Ivan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3031061853 ISBN 13: 9783031061851

Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

The purpose of this monograph is to offer an accessible and essentially self-contained presentation of some mathematical aspects of the Feynman path integral in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In spite of the primary role in the advancement of modern theoretical physics and the wide range of applications, path integrals are still a source of challenging problem for mathematicians. From this viewpoint, path integrals can be roughly described in terms of approximation formulas for an operator (usually the propagator of a Schrödinger-type evolution equation) involving a suitably designed sequence of operators.

In keeping with the spirit of harmonic analysis, the guiding theme of the book is to illustrate how the powerful techniques of time-frequency analysis - based on the decomposition of functions and operators in terms of the so-called Gabor wave packets – can be successfully applied to mathematical path integrals, leading to remarkable results and paving the wayto a fruitful interaction.

This monograph intends to build a bridge between the communities of people working in time-frequency analysis and mathematical/theoretical physics, and to provide an exposition of the present novel approach along with its basic toolkit. Having in mind a researcher or a Ph.D. student as reader, we collected in Part I the necessary background, in the most suitable form for our purposes, following a smooth pedagogical pattern. Then Part II covers the analysis of path integrals, reflecting the topics addressed in the research activity of the authors in the last years.

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About the Author

Fabio Nicola is Full Professor of Mathematical Analysis at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He has authored about 100 research articles and a monograph on several topics in partial differential equations, operator theory and Fourier analysis. 

S. Ivan Trapasso is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Genova, Italy. His main research interests are in the area of modern Fourier analysis, with applications to problems in mathematical physics and machine learning.

In keeping with the spirit of harmonic analysis, the guiding theme of the book is to illustrate how the powerful techniques of time-frequency analysis - based on the decomposition of functions and operators in terms of the so-called Gabor wave packets – can be successfully applied to mathematical path integrals, leading to remarkable results and paving the wayto a fruitful interaction.

This monograph intends to build a bridge between the communities of people working in time-frequency analysis and mathematical/theoretical physics, and to provide an exposition of the present novel approach along with its basic toolkit. Having in mind a researcher or a Ph.D. student as reader, we collected in Part I the necessary background, in the most suitable form for our purposes, following a smooth pedagogical pattern. Then Part II covers the analysis of path integrals, reflecting the topics addressed in the research activity of the authors in the last years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031061853
• ISBN 13: 9783031061851
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227