Abstract
Introduction/purpose: Starting from the Hamiltonian an alternative description of quantum mechanics has been given, based on the sum of all possible paths between an initial and a final point.
Methods: Theoretical methods of mathematical physics. Integral method based on the path integral.
Results: The method and concepts of the path integral could be applied to other branches of physics, not limited to quantum mechanics.
Conclusions: The Path Integral approach gives a global description of fields, unlike the usual Lagrangian approach which is a local description of fields.
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