Mazzucchi Sonia. Mathematical Feynman Path Integrals and Their Applications

2nd Edition. — World Scientific, 2021. — 360 p. — ISBN 9811214786.Feynman path integrals are ubiquitous in quantum physics, even if a large part of the scientific community still considers them as a heuristic tool that lacks a sound mathematical definition. Our book aims to refute this prejudice, providing an extensive and self-contained description of the mathematical theory of Feynman path integration, from the earlier attempts to the latest developments, as well as its applications to quantum mechanics. This second edition presents a detailed discussion of the general theory of complex integration on infinite dimensional spaces, providing on one hand a unified view of the various existing approaches to the mathematical construction of Feynman path integrals and on the other hand a connection with the classical theory of stochastic processes. Moreover, new chapters containing recent applications to several dynamical systems have been added. This book bridges between the realms of stochastic analysis and the theory of Feynman path integration. It is accessible to both mathematicians and physicists.A primer in measure theory
Measures on infinite dimensional spaces
Projective systems of functionals and the Fourier transform approach
Infinite dimensional oscillatory integrals
Feynman path integrals and the Schr¨odinger equation
The stationary phase method and the semiclassical limit of quantum mechanics
Open quantum systems
Alternative approaches to Feynman path integration