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Some advocates of interpretations of quantum mechanics emphasizing [[decoherence]] have attempted to make more rigorous the notion of extracting a classical-like "coarse-grained" history from the space of all possible histories.

== ReferencesSuggested Reading ==

* Zinn Justin, Jean ; ''Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics'', Oxford University Press (2004), [ISBN 0-19-856674-3]. A highly readable introduction to the subject.

* Feynman, R. P., and Hibbs, A. R., ''Quantum Physics and Path Integrals'', New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965 [ISBN 0-070-20650-3]. The historical reference, writtent by the Master himself and one of his student.

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* Hagen Kleinert, ''Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets'', 4th edition, World Scientific (Singapore, [[2004]]); Paperback ISBN 981-238-107-4 '' (also available online: [http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/b5 PDF-files])''

* Glimm, James, and Jaffe, Arthur, ''Quantum Physics: A Functional Integral Point of View'', New York: Springer-Verlag, 1981. [ISBN 0-387-90562-6]

== Papers on-line ==

* Grosche, Christian ; ''An Introduction into the Feynman Path Integral'', lecture given at the graduate college ''Quantenfeldtheorie und deren Anwendung in der Elementarteilchen- und Festkörperphysik'', Universität Leipzig, 16-26 November 1992. Full text available at : [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9302097 ''hep-th/9302097''].

* MacKenzie, Richard ; ''Path Integral Methods and Applications'', lectures given at Rencontres du Vietnam: VIth Vietnam School of Physics, Vung Tau, Vietnam, 27 December 1999 - 8 January 2000. Full text available at : [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0004090 ''quant-ph/0004090''].