AN ANALYTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE INVARIANT DISTRIBUTIONS OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY,
Abstract
It is generally recognized that the invariant functions of quantum field theory are not functions in the strict sense, but rather distributions. One may interpret such distributions in either of two mathematically equivalent but conceptually different ways. They may be considered as generalized limits of sequences of functions, usually called generalized functions. Or they may be considered as continuous linear functionals on suitably chosen space of test functions. There are treatments of the distributions that arise as commutators and propagators in quantum field theory and the term invariant distribution is used in the sense of both the above interpretations of them. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 26, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0420463
Entities
People
- Frank B. Thiess
Organizations
- Stanford University