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In the smooth zero-winding long-wave sector, integrate the density Gaussian integral by completing $g(\delta \rho +i{\partial }_{\tau }\varphi /g{)}^2/2$. Its field-independent normalization leaves the displayed action. The real-frequency pole is ${\omega }^2=g{\rho }_0{k}^2/m$, so the phonon speed is $\sqrt{g{\rho }_0/m}$. Keeping density gradients yields ${\omega }^2=g{\rho }_0{k}^2/m+k^4/(4m^2)$, matching the Bogoliubov spectrum.

The complementary error function avoids subtracting a quantity close to one when describing a small Gaussian integral tail. For real $x>0$, $\mathrm{erfc}x=(2/\sqrt{\pi }){\int }_x^{\infty }{e}^{-t^2}dt$; analytic continuation defines it for complex arguments.

For $c=1-a-b$ with positive real parts $\mathrm{Re}a,\mathrm{Re}b,\mathrm{Re}c$, the integral converges at its two finite singularities and at infinity, and equalsTo prove it, use Schwinger parameterization with exponents $1-a$ and $1-b$. Integrating the resulting planar Gaussian integral gives $\pi /(\lambda +\rho )$ times $\exp [-\lambda \rho /(\lambda +\rho )]$. Set $q=\lambda +\rho$ and $x=\lambda /q$; the $q$ integral is a gamma function and the $x$ integral is $B(a,b)$, giving the stated ratio. This domain justifies the interchanges; elsewhere the answer is interpreted by analytic continuation. The string measure $d^{2}z=2dxdy$ multiplies the answer by two.

For the series over all nonzero integer pairs, the constant Fourier coefficient is $2\zeta (2s)y^s+2\sqrt{\pi }\Gamma (s-1/2)\zeta (2s-1)y^{1-s}/\Gamma (s)$. Integrating over one real period unfolds the translated intervals and then uses the Gaussian integral. Multiplication by ${\pi }^{-s}\Gamma (s)$ expresses it as $2\Lambda (2s)y^s+2\Lambda (2s-1)y^{1-s}$ in terms of the completed Riemann zeta function.

For $m^2>0$ and $n>d/2$, Schwinger parameterization and a Gaussian integral give $I_{d,n}(m)=\int d^{d}k(2\pi {)}^{-d}(k^2+m^2{)}^{-n}=\Gamma (n-d/2)(m^2{)}^{d/2-n}/[(4\pi {)}^{d/2}\Gamma (n)]$. Its meromorphic continuation supplies dimensional regularization poles.

For $Z$ with a standard normal distribution and $a\ge 0$, split the Gaussian integral at zero and complete the square to obtain $\mathbb{E}{e}^{a|Z|}=2e^{a^2/2}\Phi (a)\le 2e^{a^2/2}$, where $\Phi$ is the standard normal distribution function. This converts a bound on an absolute Gaussian random variable into a two-sided Gaussian tail bound using Markov inequality.

For independent observations $y_s\sim N(\beta +d_s,V_s)$, put $a_s=V_s^{-1}$, $S={\sum }_s{a}_s$, $r_s=y_s-d_s$, $\bar{r}=S^{-1}{\sum }_s{a}_s{r}_s$ and $Q={\sum }_s{a}_s(r_s-\bar{r}{)}^2$. Integrating the likelihood function against a flat improper prior on $\beta$ gives, up to the arbitrary prior constant,Indeed ${\sum }_s{a}_s(r_s-\beta {)}^2=Q+S(\beta -\bar{r}{)}^2$, and the remaining one-dimensional Gaussian integral is $\sqrt{2\pi /S}$. The conditional Bayesian posterior of $\beta$ is $N(\bar{r},S^{-1})$.

Use an orthonormal real Fourier series basis on a circle of length $\beta$, with ${\nu }_r=2\pi r/\beta$. Retain the constant coefficient and the sine/cosine pair for each $1\le r\le N$. The oscillator action becomes $\frac{1}{2}{\omega }^2{q}_0^2+\frac{1}{2}{\sum }_r({\omega }^2+{\nu }_r^2)(q_r^2+s_r^2)$. A product of real Gaussian integrals gives the displayed functional determinant, with $A_N$ independent of $\omega$. Ratios for two frequencies converge regardless of $A_N$. The absolute limit requires its normalization: $A_N={\beta }^{-1}{\prod }_r{\nu }_r^2$ gives the thermal partition function of a quantum harmonic oscillator in the limit. Multiplying this choice by an oscillating positive sequence preserves all frequency ratios but destroys the absolute limit.

For the free parabolic wave equation $E_x=i{E}_{zz}/(2k)$, input $E(0,z)=e^{-A{z}^2}$ with $\mathrm{Re}A>0$ propagates asThe branch is continuous from $q(0{)}^{-1/2}=1$. One-dimensional transverse Fresnel propagation or two Gaussian integrals prove the formula. With $A=D^{-2}+ik/(2F)$, the squared envelope is $|q{|}^{-1}\exp [-2z^2/(D^2|q{|}^2)]$. The amplitude power is $-1/2$ because there is only one transverse coordinate. A two-transverse-coordinate Gaussian beam instead has power $-1$ when both coordinates share the same $q$.

For a positive differentiable covariance $C_t$ and a sufficiently regular, integrable $W$, differentiating the normalized Gaussian integral and integrating by parts twice gives the displayed identity. An unnormalized integral has the additional field-independent term $\mathrm{Tr}(C_t^{-1}{\dot{C}}_t)/2$ times the integral. A finite-mode regulator makes the analogous Gaussian functional integral identity precise before taking a continuum limit.

A Gaussian function has the form $A\exp [-a(x-b{)}^2]$ with $a>0$. Its integral and moments reduce by translation and scaling to the Gaussian integral.

A quadratic path integral becomes a product of Gaussian integrals after diagonalizing its fluctuation operator. One real coordinate per mode gives an inverse square root of the functional determinant; one complex coordinate, or two real coordinates, gives its inverse. A regulator and normalization are essential: determinant ratios are often meaningful before an absolute determinant is defined.

For a Gaussian integral from $-1/\sqrt{2}$ to $e^{i\theta }$, a saddle point contribution dominates for $0\le \theta \le \pi /4$. The moving endpoint contribution in steepest descent dominates for $\pi /4<\theta <5\pi /6$. At $5\pi /6$ the two endpoints have equal exponential rates and both are needed; for larger angles the fixed endpoint dominates. Saddle connectivity switches at $\pi /2$, but that change is subdominant in the leading endpoint regime.

For $z=2n+i\mu \sqrt{n}+O(1)$, the factor $t^{2n}{e}^{z(1-t)}$ has saddle scale $t=1+u/\sqrt{n}$ and becomes $e^{-u^2-i\mu u}$. If the amplitude has a simple pole there, its leading local integral contains $e^{-u^2-i\mu u}/u$. Differentiating its Cauchy principal value with respect to $\mu$ reduces it to a Gaussian integral, producing an error function. The nonsingular amplitude $(1+t{)}^{-1}$ gives $\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\pi /n}{e}^{-{\mu }^2/4}$.

In the sudden approximation, an initial oscillator ground state overlaps the displaced ground state by $\exp [-m\omega d^2/(4\hslash )]$. Completing the square in the product of the two normalized Gaussian wavefunctions and using the Gaussian integral proves this amplitude. Squaring it gives the displayed probability. Only an irrelevant overall phase evolves before the sudden switch.

In a spherical galactic distribution function with $F=L^{-1}{f}_E(E)$, write $L=r{v}_T$ and $d^{3}v=d{v}_r{v}_{T}d{v}_{T}d\psi$. The velocity Jacobian cancels the apparent singularity at $v_T=0$. Integration of Gaussian energy components then reduces to one full-line and one half-line Gaussian integral. The angular average makes each tangential velocity dispersion half the radial one, so the velocity-anisotropy parameter is $1/2$.

If a real smooth phase has its strict maximum at the upper endpoint $b$ and $\varphi \prime (b)>0$, then ${\int }_a^{b}a(t)e^{\lambda \varphi (t)}dt\sim a(b)e^{\lambda \varphi (b)}/(\lambda \varphi \prime (b))$. The endpoint coordinate $b-t$ has scale $1/\lambda$. At a nondegenerate stationary endpoint the scale is instead ${\lambda }^{-1/2}$ and the leading contribution is half a Gaussian integral.

The singular axisymmetric logarithmic gravitational potential admits this stationary galactic distribution function withThe zero of specific orbital energy is the printed logarithmic convention. Products of Gaussian integrals normalize its two spatial density terms. For $1/2\le q^2\le 1$ the two terms are separately nonnegative; mildly prolate models require a bound on their sum.

A sum of the squares of $n$ independent random variables with the standard normal distribution has the chi-squared distribution with $n$ degrees of freedom. A scaled Gaussian integral and factorization by independence give its moment-generating function $(1-2t{)}^{-n/2}$ for $t<1/2$. For positive $n$, this expectation diverges when $t\ge 1/2$.

For $t>0$, contour rotation of the Gaussian integral gives