1. Introduction
Let
H be a real separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space with the norm
, where
denotes the inner product and let
B the completion of
H with respect to
where
is a measurable norm on
H with respect to the Gaussian cylinder measure
on
H. Let
denote the natural injection from
H into
B. Then, the adjoint operator
of
is one-to-one and it maps
continuously onto a dense subset,
, where
and
are topological duals of
B and
H, respectively. By identifying
with
H and
with
, we have a triple
. By a well-known result of Gross [
1,
2],
has a unique countably additive extension
to the Borel
-algebra
of
B. The triple
is called an abstract Wiener space; for a more detailed study of the abstract Wiener space, see [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18].
Many research results on the analytic Feynman integral using Feynman’s idea have been studied and published in [
6,
7,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24]. Feynman’s idea is to use his integral in a formal manner in his approach to quantum mechanics. One of famous methods that provides a rigorously meaningful definition of Feynman’s integral is based on the similarity between the Wiener and Feynman integrals, and several procedures were set up by many mathematicians to obtain Feynman integrals from Wiener integrals by an analytic continuation from the real axis to the imaginary axis.
In [
6,
22], the authors introduced the concept of a generalized analytic Feynman integral and pointed out its importance and the usefulness. Furthermore, they established various generalized analytic Feynman integration formulas. The concept of generalized analytic Feynman integral can be used to explain the observation that the status of the harmonic oscillator can be exchanged by the status of the anharmonic oscillator in certain physical circumstances by choosing the function.
In this paper, we introduce a more modified generalized analytic Feynman integral associated with the bounded linear operator on abstract Wiener spaces. We then obtain the existence and establish some modified generalized analytic Feynman integration formulas and relationships involving the Cameron–Strovick theorem. Finally, we provide some examples to illustrate the usefulness of the modified generalized analytic Feynman integrals. Depending upon the choice of the bounded linear operator, most research results in previous papers can be obtained as corollaries of our results.
2. Definitions and Preliminaries
In this section, we list some definitions, notations, and concepts used in this paper.
For an integrable functional
F, the (abstract) Wiener integral of
F is denoted by
For each
and
, we define a stochastic inner product
by
where
is the natural dual paring on
, and
is a complete orthonormal set in
H with
being in
for all
. Then, we have the following assertions:
- (i)
For each in exists for all .
- (ii)
is a Gaussian random variable on B with a mean of zero and variance .
- (iii)
is essentially independent of the choice of the complete orthonormal set.
- (iv)
We have an integration formula
For a more detailed study of the stochastic inner product
, see [
4,
5,
10,
11,
25].
A subset
E of an abstract Wiener product space
B is said to be scale-invariant measurable provided that
is abstract Wiener measurable for every
, and a scale-invariant measurable set
N of
B is said to be a scale-invariant null provided that
for any
. A property that holds except on a scale-invariant null set is said to hold as scale-invariant almost everywhere (s-a.e.). A functional
F on
B is said to be scale-invariant measurable provided that
F is defined on a scale-invariant measurable set and
is measurable for any
. If two functionals
F and
G on
B are equal s-a.e., i.e., for any
,
, then we say two functionals
F and
G coincide with s-a.e. with respect to
[
24].
We are ready to state the definition of the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral associated with the bounded linear operator.
Definition 1. Let denote the complex numbers, let , and let . Let S be a bounded linear operator on B, and let h be an element of H. Let be a functional such that for each , the Wiener integralexists, where is a constant that depends on λ. If there exists a function that is analytic in such that for all , then is defined to be the generalized analytic Wiener integral of F over B with parameters λ, and for , we write Let q be a nonzero real number and let F be a functional such that exists for all . If the following limit exists, we call it the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral of F with parameter q, and we writewhere λ approaches via the values in . In [
26,
27], the authors said that real number
is used to explain the average (energy) value of the oscillator. If
, then the oscillator increases. If
, then the oscillator decreases. Moreover, if
, then the direction of oscillator will be changed.
Let
X and
Y be normed spaces, and let
be the space of all bounded linear operators on
X into
Y. For an operator
, the extension operator
of
T on
B always exists and is an element of
, and so its adjoint operator
is in
. Now, let
Then, we have it that for each and , we have
There are extension operators in that are used in various fields. We are now explain the usefulness of operators in .
Remark 1. We give three examples of abstract Wiener space with operators [11]. - (i)
The Cameron–Martin space (infinite dimensional Hilbert space)with the norm is widely used in various fields of mathematics. Its completion with respect to the measurable norm is the classical Wiener space . In this case, the triple is an abstract Wiener space. Let be the linear operator defined by Then, we see that the adjoint operator of is given byand the linear operator is given by One can see that P is self-adjoint on and thatfor all . Hence, for all . We note that the orthonormal eigenfunction of P is given bywith corresponding eigenvalues given by Furthermore, it can be shown that is a basis of and so is a basis of , and P is a trace class operator and so is a Hilbert–Schmidt operator on . Thus, the trace of P is given by .
- (ii)
We next consider the multiplication operator, which plays a role in physics (quantum theories); see [28]. We define a multiplication operator with on by Then, we have and Moreover, one can easily check that for all . Note that the expected value or mean value is given bywhere x is the state function of a particle in quantum mechanics and is the probability that the particle will be founded in . - (iii)
We give another example of an abstract Wiener space. Let be the space of all sequences of real numbers with . That is, Its completion with respect to measurable norm is Moreover, note that its dual space is Let be a linear operator defined by Now, let . Then , is a self-adjoint operator and a Hilbert–Schdmit operator on H.
Using the concept of ν-lifting on abstract Wiener space, operators and can be extended on B. For more detailed study for the ν-lifting, see [2,5,7,12,16,28]. 3. Existence and Relationships
In this section, we obtain the existence of a modified generalized analytic Feynman integral, and we establish some relationships for the modified generalized analytic Feynman integrals. We start this section by providing the class of functionals used in this paper. For each
, let
be a functional on
B of the form
Let
The functionals of the form (
4) are called exponential-type functionals. Let
with complex coefficients. In [
5,
6,
7], the authors showed that class
is a dense set in
. Hence, the class
is an useful subject. Moreover, note that using the linearity of the integrals, we can obtain the results for functionals belonging to
by using the results for the functionals in
.
In the first theorem, we show that the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral of functionals in exists. Before perform this, we need the lemma described below.
Lemma 1. Let and let be an element of . Then, for , the generalized analytic Wiener integral exists for and is given by the following formula. Proof. For each
, using Equations (1) and (
4), we have
Note that for all
,
Then,
for all
. We now show that function
is analytic in
. In order to show this, let
be any closed contour in
. Then, by using Morera’s theorem, we have
because function
is analytic in
as a function of
. Thus, by the Cauchy Theorem, we complete the proof of Lemma 1 as desired. □
Theorem 1 is one of main results in this paper. In this theorem, we establish the formula for the generalized analytic Feynman integral of functionals in .
Theorem 1. Let q be a nonzero real number, and let and be the same as in Lemma 1 above. Then, the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral of exists and is given by the following formula. Proof. In Lemma 1 above, the existence of the generalized analytic Wiener integral was established. To complete the proof, it suffices to show that
Note that for a given nonzero real number
q, there exists a sequence
in
so that
as
. Hence, for all nonzero real number
q,
which establishes Equation (
6) as desired. Furthermore,
Hence, we complete the proof of Theorem 1. □
In our next theorem, we obtain the Fubini theorem and the composition formula with respect to the modified generalized analytic Feynman integrals.
Theorem 2. Let be an element of and let . Let and be elements of H. Then, for all nonzero real numbers and with , we havewhere In particular, for , we havewhere . Proof. First, for all
and
, we have
and from Equation (
1) above, we have
These equations mean that
if the following is the case.
Next, they can be analytically continued in
, and
on
and so by letting
,
, we can establish the first equality in Equation (
7) as desired. Furthermore, the second equality immediately follows from the symmetric property for abstract Wiener integrals. Moreover, if
, then Equation (
9) is obtained easily from Equation (
7). Hence, we have the desired results. □
We next shall provide some modified generalized analytic Feynman integration formulas via the translation theorem on abstract Wiener spaces. Equation (
11) below is called the basic translation theorem on abstract Wiener spaces; see [
4,
5,
6,
7,
12].
Lemma 2. (Translation theorem)
Let F be an integrable functional on B and let . Then, We establish two formulas with respect to the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral via the translation theorem. The first result is a connection between the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral and the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral with the exponential weight.
Theorem 3. Let , and h be the same as in Theorem 1 above. Then, we have Proof. First, for
, we note that
Now, let
and let
. Then, we have the following expression.
Since
and
,
; thus, we apply Equation (
11) to functional
instead of
F with
, and we have
We next note that
and hence
It can be analytically continued in
and by letting
, we have
Hence, we have the desired results. □
The second result is a connection between the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral and the ordinary analytic Feynman integral.
Theorem 4. Let , and h be the same as in Theorem 1 above. Assume that on H. Then, we have Proof. For
, let the following be the case.
Using the similar method in the proof of Theorem 3, we apply Equation (
11) to functional
instead of
F with
, and we have
It can be analytically continued in
and letting
, we have
which completes the proof of Theorem 4 as desired. □
We finish this section by providing the (modified) generalized analytic Feynman integration formulas for the exponential functional.
Corollary 1. Let for all in Theorem 4. Then, we haveand Comparing Equations (14) and (15), we can find a difference between the modified generalized analytic Feynman integrals and the ordinary analytic Feynman integrals. 4. Cameron–Storvick Theorems
In this section, we establish the Cameron–Storvick theorems for the modified generalized analytic Feynman integrals. Before we perform this, we need the concept of a generalized first variation for functionals on B.
Definition 2. Let S be an element of and let F be a functional on B. Then, the generalized first variation of F is defined by the following formulafor if it exists. In Lemma 3 below, we establish the existence of generalized first variation for the functionals in .
Lemma 3. Let S be an element of and let be an element of . Then, for , the generalized first variation of exists and is given by the following formula. Proof. Using Equations (1) and (
16), we have
Now, using Holder’s inequality, we have
where
denotes the operator norm of an operator
T; hence, we complete the proof of Lemma 3. □
In Theorem 5, we provide a formula for the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral involving the generalized first variation.
Theorem 5. Let and be the elements of and let be an element of . Then, for , the modified generalized analytic Feynman integral involving the generalized first variation exists, and it is given by the following formula. Proof. We proved that the generalized first variation of
exists and is given by the following formula.
By using Equations (
6) and (
17), Equation (
18) is obtained as desired. Hence, we complete the proof of Theorem 5. □
The Cameron–Storvick theorem shows that the Wiener integrals involving the first variation can be expressed by the ordinary forms without the concept of the first variation. For this reason, it is also called the integration by the parts formula. Numerous constructions and theories regarding the Cameron–Storvick theorem have been studied and applied in many papers [
4,
5,
14,
15,
17].
We shall establish a more generalized Cameron–Storvick theorem with respect to the our generalized analytic Feynman integral with the generalized first variation. Using Equation (
11), we establish a translation theorem to obtain the generalized Cameron–Storvick theorem, which was established in ([
29], Theorem 4.2).
Lemma 4. (Translation theorem with operators.)
Let and be elements of with being the unitary operator on H. Let F be an integrable functional on B and let . Then, we have the following. Equation (
20) below is called the generalized Cameron–Storvick theorem.
Theorem 6. Let , and u be the same as in Theorem 5 above. Then, the following is the case. Proof. The existence of Equation (
20) was established in Theorem 5 above. We retain the position that the equality holds in Equation (
20). For
, we have
In order to apply Equation (
19), let
and
Then,
. Thus, for
,
By similar methods as in the proof of Theorem 1, we obtain it by analytical continuation into
, and by letting
, we have
Hence, we have the desired results. □
By taking Theorems 3 and 4 together with Theorem 3, the following corollary below is obtained easily.
Corollary 2. Let , and u be the same as in Theorem 5 above. Then, we have the following. Furthermore if for all in Theorem 4, then , and so we haveand 5. Applications
We finish this paper by providing some applications of our results and formulas.
The modified generalized analytic Feynman integral
is not easy to calculate because the integrand involves an exponential weight. As such, a calculation of the following Wiener integral
is not easy unless
and
are orthogonal. However, from Equations (
6) and (
13), we have
Equation (
23) tells us that we can calculate a modified generalized analytic Feynman integral of form (
22). We shall explain this usefulness via two examples.
Case 1: Multiplication operator on .
For the multiplication operator,
is the same as in Remark 1. Let
S be the extension operator of
A. Let
and let
. Then,
and
h in
. Then, we have
Using Equation (
6), we have
Furthermore, using Equation (
23), we have
Case 2: Sequential operator on .
For a bounded linear operator
, let
and let
. Then,
and so
. For each
, let
. Then, we have
Using Equation (
6), we have
Furthermore, using Equation (
23), we have