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Title

THE HARMONIC-OSCILLATOR VIA FUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Authors

JF Donoghue, University of Massachusetts AmherstFollow
BR Holstein, University of Massachusetts - AmherstFollow

Publication Date

1988

Journal or Book Title

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Abstract

Although functional methods are common in the research literature, they are not generally seen by students until a course in field theory. Nevertheless, it is straightforward and pedagogically useful to treat a familiar problem—the harmonic oscillator—via such techniques, as shown in the present work.

Comments

Published version is located at http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v56/i3/p216_s1

Pages

216-222

Volume

56

Issue

3

Recommended Citation

Donoghue, JF and Holstein, BR, "THE HARMONIC-OSCILLATOR VIA FUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUES" (1988). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 171.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/171