Geometry Topology and Physics: Nakahara, Chapt. 1: Weyl Ordering

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In the text, the author try to deduce proposition 1.2, here is the detail (all in one dimension):
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My question is the last line of formula, how to deduce it from the previous line? Here is a note of the author:

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I understand the similar part of Srednicki QFT at chap 6 and I could get the point of nakahara, but can't seize the logic. It bother me a lot. Thanks for giving help.
 
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Trotter splits ##e^{−i(T+V)ε}## into “purely kinetic” and “purely potential”.
The Gaussian integral yields the leading term ##exp[im(x−y)^2/(2ε)]## and normalization.
Taylor potential around the midpoint 𝑧=(𝑥+𝑦)/2 yields −iεV((x+y)/2) plus ##𝑂(𝜀(𝑥−𝑦)^2)##.
All remaining inconsistencies are ##𝑂(ε^2)##.
Weyl ordering — to emphasize that the Hamiltonian is arranged symmetrically, and when moving to the end of the integral over phase space, exactly the average value of the potential 𝑉 appears on the segment between 𝑥 and 𝑦.
 

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