On the identity of three generalized master equations

Three apparently different quantum mechanical master equations, derived by Prigogine and Résibois, by Montroll, and independently by Nakajima and Zwanzig, are shown to be identical. The derivation by Zwanzig, based on projection operator and Liouville operator techniques, is repeated in greater detail than in previous articles. The results of Prigogine and Résibois, and of Montroll, are found by making changes in notation.

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Physica. – 1964. – Vol. 30, № 6. – P. 1109–1123.