The perturbative approach to path integrals: a succinct mathematical treatment
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Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81P99) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)
Abstract: We study finite-dimensional integrals in a way that elucidates the mathematical meaning behind the formal manipulations of path integrals occurring in quantum field theory. This involves a proper understanding of how Wick's theorem allows one to evaluate integrals perturbatively, i.e., as a series expansion in a formal parameter irrespective of convergence properties. We establish invariance properties of such a Wick expansion under coordinate changes and the action of a Lie group of symmetries, and we use this to study essential features of path integral manipulations, including coordinate changes, Ward identities, Schwinger-Dyson equations, Faddeev-Popov gauge-fixing, and eliminating fields by their equation of motion. We also discuss the asymptotic nature of the Wick expansion and the implications this has for defining path integrals perturbatively and nonperturbatively.
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