Continued fractions and the harmonic oscillator using Feynman's path integrals

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 390-393

  English, L Q ^a   Winters, R R ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031487818     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18545     Document Type: Article

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