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Feynman's checkerboard path integral for the retarded Dirac propagator in 1+1 dimensions is derived and extensions to 3+1 dimensions are developed. Methods for obtaining the Feynman propagator (rather than the retarded propagator) are briefly discussed.
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Jacobson, T. (1985). Feynman's checkerboard and other games. In: Sanchez, N. (eds) Non-Linear Equations in Classical and Quantum Field Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 226. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-15213-X_88
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