Open AccessOn the Definition of the Partition Function in Quantum Regge Calculus
Author(s) -
Jun Nishimura
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.94.299
Subject(s) - physics , partition function (quantum field theory) , partition (number theory) , quantum , theoretical physics , function (biology) , mathematical physics , calculus (dental) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , combinatorics , medicine , dentistry , evolutionary biology , biology
We argue that the definition of the partition function used recently todemonstrate the failure of Regge calculus is wrong. In fact, in theone-dimensional case, we show that there is a more natural definition, withwhich one can reproduce the correct results.Comment: 9 pages, LaTe
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