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In the remaining chapter of Part I we would like to include a few aspects of the quantum theory of fields and particles. To simplify the discussion, we begin our considerations with quantum mechanics of a single particle in one space dimension.
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Felsager, B. (1998). Path Integrals and Instantons. In: Geometry, Particles, and Fields. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0631-6_5
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