Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets

Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets
Author: Hagen Kleinert
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 1626
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814273570

Topological restrictions. These are relevant to the understanding of the statistical properties of elementary particles and the entanglement phenomena in polymer physics and biophysics. The Chern-Simons theory of particles with fractional statistics (anyons) is introduced and applied to explain the fractional quantum Hall effect." "The relevance of path integrals to financial markets is discussed, and improvements of the famous Black-Scholes formula for option prices are developed which account for the fact that large market fluctuations occur much more frequently than in Gaussian distributions." --Book Jacket.

Mathematical Theory of Feynman Path Integrals

Mathematical Theory of Feynman Path Integrals
Author: Sergio A. Albeverio
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2006-11-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 354038250X

Feynman path integrals integrals, suggested heuristically by Feynman in the 40s, have become the basis of much of contemporary physics, from non relativistic quantum mechanics to quantum fields, including gauge fields, gravitation, cosmology. Recently ideas based on Feynman path integrals have also played an important role in areas of mathematics like low dimensional topology and differential geometry, algebraic geometry, infinite dimensional analysis and geometry, and number theory. The 2nd edition of LNM 523 is based on the two first authors' mathematical approach of this theory presented in its 1st edition in 1976. To take care of the many developments which have occurred since then, an entire new chapter about the current forefront of research has been added. Except for this new chapter, the basic material and presentation of the first edition was mantained, a few misprints have been corrected. At the end of each chapter the reader will also find notes with further bibliographical information.

Path Integrals and Quantum Processes

Path Integrals and Quantum Processes
Author: Mark S. Swanson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2014-02-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486782301

Graduate-level, systematic presentation of path integral approach to calculating transition elements, partition functions, and source functionals. Covers Grassmann variables, field and gauge field theory, perturbation theory, and nonperturbative results. 1992 edition.

Techniques and Applications of Path Integration

Techniques and Applications of Path Integration
Author: L. S. Schulman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2012-10-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486137023

Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text develops the techniques of path integration and deals with applications, covering a host of illustrative examples. 26 figures. 1981 edition.

Path Integrals for Stochastic Processes

Path Integrals for Stochastic Processes
Author: Horacio S. Wio
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2013
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9814449040

This book provides an introductory albeit solid presentation of path integration techniques as applied to the field of stochastic processes. The subject began with the work of Wiener during the 1920''s, corresponding to a sum over random trajectories, anticipating by two decades Feynman''s famous work on the path integral representation of quantum mechanics. However, the true trigger for the application of these techniques within nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and stochastic processes was the work of Onsager and Machlup in the early 1950''s. The last quarter of the 20th century has witnessed a growing interest in this technique and its application in several branches of research, even outside physics (for instance, in economy).The aim of this book is to offer a brief but complete presentation of the path integral approach to stochastic processes. It could be used as an advanced textbook for graduate students and even ambitious undergraduates in physics. It describes how to apply these techniques for both Markov and non-Markov processes. The path expansion (or semiclassical approximation) is discussed and adapted to the stochastic context. Also, some examples of nonlinear transformations and some applications are discussed, as well as examples of rather unusual applications. An extensive bibliography is included. The book is detailed enough to capture the interest of the curious reader, and complete enough to provide a solid background to explore the research literature and start exploiting the learned material in real situations.

Feynman Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics

Feynman Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics
Author: Lukong Cornelius Fai
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2021-04-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000349063

This book provides an ideal introduction to the use of Feynman path integrals in the fields of quantum mechanics and statistical physics. It is written for graduate students and researchers in physics, mathematical physics, applied mathematics as well as chemistry. The material is presented in an accessible manner for readers with little knowledge of quantum mechanics and no prior exposure to path integrals. It begins with elementary concepts and a review of quantum mechanics that gradually builds the framework for the Feynman path integrals and how they are applied to problems in quantum mechanics and statistical physics. Problem sets throughout the book allow readers to test their understanding and reinforce the explanations of the theory in real situations. Features: Comprehensive and rigorous yet, presents an easy-to-understand approach. Applicable to a wide range of disciplines. Accessible to those with little, or basic, mathematical understanding.

Path Integral Approach to Quantum Physics

Path Integral Approach to Quantum Physics
Author: Gert Roepstorff
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642578861

Specifically designed to introduce graduate students to the functional integration method in contemporary physics as painlessly as possible, the book concentrates on the conceptual problems inherent in the path integral formalism. Throughout, the striking interplay between stochastic processes, statistical physics and quantum mechanics comes to the fore, and all the methods of fundamental interest are generously illustrated by important physical examples.

Path Integral Methods in Quantum Field Theory

Path Integral Methods in Quantum Field Theory
Author: R. J. Rivers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1988-10-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521368704

The applications of functional integral methods introduced in this text for solving a range of problems in quantum field theory will prove useful for students and researchers in theoretical physics and quantum field theory.

Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies

Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies
Author: Kazuo Fujikawa
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2004-04-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0198529139

The Feynman path integrals are becoming increasingly important in the applications of quantum mechanics and field theory. The path integral formulation of quantum anomalies, i.e. the quantum breaking of certain symmetries, can now cover all the known quantum anomalies in a coherent manner. In this book the authors provide an introduction to the path integral method in quantum field theory and its applications to the analyses of quantum anomalies. No previous knowledge of fieldtheory beyond the advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics is assumed. The book provides the first coherent introductory treatment of the path integral formulation of chiral and Weyl anomalies, with applications to gauge theory in two and four dimensions, conformal field theory and string theory. Explicitand elementary path integral calculations of most of the quantum anomalies covered are given. The conceptual basis of the path integral bosonization in two-dimensional theory, which may have applications to condensed matter theory, for example, is clarified. The book also covers the recent interesting developments in the treatment of fermions and chiral anomalies in lattice gauge theory.