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Feynman Identity: A Special Case Revisited

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It is proved that a special case of Feynman identity is a consequence of the generalized Witt identity of some Lie algebra.

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  1. Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Brasil

    G. A. T. F. DA Costa

  2. Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brasil

    J. Variane Jr

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Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 82B20, 05A19, 17B01.

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Costa, G.A.T.F.D., Variane, J. Feynman Identity: A Special Case Revisited. Lett Math Phys 73, 221–235 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-005-0019-5

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