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Alternative Method for Determining the Feynman Propagator of a Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Problem
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A direct procedure for determining the propagator associated with a quantum mechanical problem was given by the Path Integration Procedure of Feynman. The Green function, which is the Fourier Transform with respect to the time variable of the propagator, can be derived later. In our approach, with the help of a Laplace transform, a direct way to get the energy dependent Green function is presented, and the propagator can be obtained later with an inverse Laplace transform. The method is illustrated through simple one dimensional examples and for time independent potentials, though it can be generalized to the derivation of more complicated propagators.
Keywords: propagator; Green functions; harmonic oscillator. 
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Marcos Moshinsky; Emerson Sadurní; Adolfo del Campo. Alternative Method for Determining the Feynman Propagator of a Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Problem. Symmetry, integrability and geometry: methods and applications, Tome 3 (2007). http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/SIGMA_2007_3_a109/

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