Feynman's path to Schrödinger (and various other things)

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17108v1
• Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:57:56 GMT
• Title: Feynman's path to Schrödinger (and various other things)
• Authors: Bernat Frangi, Héctor López,
• Abstract summary: Feynman's path integral formulation arose from his attempt to incorporate the Lagrangian framework into quantum mechanics.<n>We derive the Schr"odinger equation from the path integral and demonstrate the conservation of probability.
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• Abstract: Feynman's path integral formulation arose from his attempt to incorporate the Lagrangian framework into quantum mechanics, offering what he regarded as a more fundamental perspective than the Hamiltonian approach, particularly in the context of quantum electrodynamics. Inspired by an analogy proposed by P. A. M. Dirac, Feynman showed that Schr\"odinger's equation could be recovered by promoting this analogy to an equality, up to a constant factor. This insight laid the foundation for the path integral formalism. In this article, we first outline the historical development of dynamical frameworks in physics and then trace Feynman's reasoning as he constructed his formulation, beginning with the double-slit experiment and its interpretation. We subsequently derive the Schr\"odinger equation from the path integral and demonstrate the conservation of probability. These final sections aim to provide students with a clear link between this elegant yet less commonly presented approach and the more standard methods typically taught in undergraduate courses.

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