On the metric structure of time in classical and quantum mechanics
arXiv:1811.04614 · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2018.11.008
Abstract
In this paper we show that, via an extension of time, some metric structures naturally appear in both classical and quantum mechanics when both are formulated via path integrals. We calculate the various Ricci scalar and curvatures associated to these metrics and prove that they can be choosen to be zero in classical mechanics while this is not possible in quantum mechanics.
arXiv commentTo appear in ann.of phys
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