From Fermat principle to wave equation-quantization of ``particle mechanics of light

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2004.03.001MaRDI QIDQ2462791zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Naohisa Ogawa

Publication date 4 December 2007

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2004.03.001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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