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Relation between Dirac's generalized Hamiltonian dynamics method and path integral method to deal with constraints
What is the relation between path integral methods for dealing with constraints (constrained Hamiltonian dynamics involving non-singular Lagrangian) and Dirac's method of dealing with such systems ...
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Why not using Lagrangian, instead of Hamiltonian, in non relativistic QM?
When we studied classical mechanics on the undergraduate level, on the level of Taylor, we covered Hamiltonian as well as Lagrangian mechanics.
Now when we studied QM, on the level of Griffiths, we ...