Then if the Hamiltonian is in the quadratic form
and
then
And assume that the free energy is also quadratic or something
substitute in the fourier definition for the dirac delta
combine the exponents
swap the order of integration
Do complete the squares on the exponent
And assume its positive definite symmetric and invertable then do complete the squares
Then substitute it back in to get
stuff
for an arbitrary multidimensional gaussian and symmetric positive definite matrix .
You can show it works even iff the offset is an complex vector
now the expression is independent of the fine grain momentum. Do complete the squares again.
rearrange a bit
complete the squares does
and note this requires that is invertable symmetric positive definite. Substitute it back in.
Then do the same thing again with the gaussian
This gives a solution for seperating the free energy
This gives a final expression of