A new perspective on functional integration

DOI10.1063/1.531039zbMath0853.58023arXivfunct-an/9602005OpenAlexW1966589908WikidataQ56270007 ScholiaQ56270007MaRDI QIDQ4871958

Pierre Cartier, Cecile de Witt-Morette

Publication date: 13 January 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/funct-an/9602005

zbMATH Keywords

path integralintegrationfunctional integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Integration on manifolds; measures on manifolds (58C35) Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30)

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