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The Wondrous Things: A Review of Probabilistic Concepts in Quantum Dynamics

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Current Problems in Elementary Particle and Mathematical Physics

Part of the book series: Few-Body Systems ((FEWBODY,volume 15/1976))

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Abstract

Eleven years ago when I gave a set of lectures on path integrals — most prominently the Wiener and Feynman integrals — here in Schladming [1], this probabilistic approach played a rather marginal role in quantum physics, mainly as a compact but mostly formal reformulation of quantum (field) theory.

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Lecture given at XV. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kernphysik,Schladming,Austria,February 16–27,1976.

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Streit, L. (1976). The Wondrous Things: A Review of Probabilistic Concepts in Quantum Dynamics. In: Urban, P. (eds) Current Problems in Elementary Particle and Mathematical Physics. Few-Body Systems, vol 15/1976. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8462-2_2

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