Path integral solution of linear second order partial differential equations. I: The general construction

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2004.06.007MaRDI QIDQ1765629zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Lachapelle

Publication date 23 February 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0405031

zbMATH Keywords

path integralfunctional integrationlinear second order partial differential equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Set functions and measures and integrals in infinite-dimensional spaces (Wiener measure, Gaussian measure, etc.) (28C20) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Partial differential equations (35-XX)

Abstract: A path integral is presented that solves a general class of linear second order partial differential equations with Dirichlet/Neumann boundary conditions. Elementary kernels are constructed for both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The general solution can be specialized to solve elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations with boundary conditions. This extends the well-known path integral solution of the Schr"{o}dinger/diffusion equation in unbounded space. The construction is based on a framework for functional integration introduced by Cartier/DeWitt-Morette.

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