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The important role of functional integrals in modern physics
J. Zinn-Justinab a CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
b Institut de Physique Th\'eorique, Centre de
Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Abstract:
The 20th century has witnessed the emergence of the physics of fluctuating systems both statistical and quantum. This to some extent explains the important role played by functional integrals in modern physics. We describe a few striking examples of physics problems where using path and, more generally, field integrals has proved decisive.
Keywords:
fluctuating system, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, functional integral.
Received: 20.10.2011
Citation:
J. Zinn-Justin, “The important role of functional integrals in modern physics”, TMF, 169:1 (2011), 20–31; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 169:1 (2011), 1380–1389
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/tmf6705https://doi.org/10.4213/tmf6705 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/tmf/v169/i1/p20
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