Discrete approximations to integrals over unparametrized paths

DOI10.1063/1.1368367MaRDI QIDQ2774997zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. Durhuus, Thordur Jonsson

Publication date 26 February 2002

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0010019

zbMATH Keywords

discrete approximationsmeasures on spacesunparametrized pathsWiener measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30) Convergence of probability measures (60B10) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: We discuss measures on spaces of unparametrized paths related to the Wiener measure. These measures arise naturally in the study of one-dimensional gravity coupled to scalar fields. Two kinds of discrete approximations are defined, the piecewise linear and the hypercubic approximations. The convergence of these approximations in the sense of weak convergence of measures is proven. We describe a family of sets of unparametrized paths that are analogous to cylinder sets of parametrized paths. Integrals over some of these sets are evaluated in terms of Dirichlet propagators in bounded regions.

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