Path Integral Doubt: How Did Shankar Deduce S/h>pi?

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I just read the chapter in Shankar regarding path integrals (the 8th)
I didnt quite get how he deduced that destructive interference in the summation
sets in after S/h>pi.(This is the first section itself)
I couldn't find reference to such a thing elsewhere.
 
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