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It has by now become abundantly clear, from the lectures of Professor Devreese [1] and Professor Thornber [2], that the propagators associated with certain Hamiltonians are of crucial importance in handling transport theory problems.

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Papadopoulos, G.J. (1976). Functional Integrals. In: Devreese, J.T., van Doren, V.E. (eds) Linear and Nonlinear Electron Transport in Solids. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0875-2_16

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