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The algebraic foundations of Dirac notation and path integrals are examined. It is shown that a formulation of quantum mechanics on the basis of the theory of C* algebras permits these questions to be analyzed from a common standpoint.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 95–98, May, 1982.
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Mishnev, O.G. Algebraic basis for the theory of the Dirac transformations and the Feynman formulation of quantum mechanics. Soviet Physics Journal 25, 466–468 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891774
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