Path integrals as analysis on path space by time slicing approximation

Approximation Solutions for Time-Varying Shortest Path Problem

Abstract. Time-varying network optimization problems have tradition-ally been solved by specialized algorithms. These algorithms have NP-complement time complexity. This paper considers the time-varying short-est path problem, in which can be optimally solved in O(T(m + n)) time,where T is a given integer. For this problem with arbitrary waiting times,we propose an approximation algorithm, whic...

On the approximation of Feynman-Kac path integrals

The symbol D [x (τ)] indicates that the integration is performed over the set of all differentiable curves, x : [0, βh̄]→ R, with x (0) = a and x (βh̄) = b. The integer d reflects the dimensionality, with d = 3N for a system of N -particles in 3-dimensional space. The functional Φ can be derived from the classical action by introducing a relationship between temperature and imaginary time (it = β...

Path Integrals Without Integrals∗

Recently, we have developed an efficient recursive approach for analytically calculating the short-time expansion of the propagator to extremely high orders for a general many-body quantum system. Here we give brief overview of this approach and then demonstrate application of this technique by numerically studying the thermodynamical properties of a rotating ideal Bose gas of Rb atoms in an an...

Gibbs measures with double stochastic integrals on a path space

We investigate Gibbs measures relative to Brownian motion in the case when the interaction energy is given by a double stochastic integral. In the case when the double stochastic integral is originating from the Pauli-Fierz model in nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics, we prove the existence of its infinite volume limit. 1 Preliminaries 1.1 Gibbs measures relative to Brownian motions Gibbs ...

Feynman path integrals on phase space and the metaplectic representation