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Feynman path integrals on phase space and the metaplectic representation

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    Joel Robbin

  2. Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, Great Britain

    Dietmar Salamon

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Robbin, J., Salamon, D. Feynman path integrals on phase space and the metaplectic representation. Math Z 221, 307–335 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02622118

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