Path Integral

Let gamma be a path given parametrically by sigma(t). Let s denote arc length from the initial point. Then

[画像:int_gammaf(s)ds] = [画像:int_a^bf(sigma(t))|sigma^'(t)|dt]

(1)

= [画像:int_a^bf(x(t),y(t),z(t))|sigma^'(t)|dt,]

(2)

where gamma:{sigma(t):a<=t<=b}.

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References

Press, W. H.; Flannery, B. P.; Teukolsky, S. A.; and Vetterling, W. T. "Evaluation of Functions by Path Integration." §5.14 in Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 201-204, 1992.

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