| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Series |
History of Mathematics ; v. 5 |
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History of mathematics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Contents; Introduction; Harmonic analysis as the exploitation of symmetry: A historical survey; Herman Weyl and the application of group theory to quantum mechanics; The significance of invariant measures for harmonic analysis; Weyl's program and modern physics; Induced representations and the applications of harmonic analysis; Von Neumann and the early days of ergodic theory; Final remarks; Back Cover |
| Summary |
"When I was invited to speak at the conference on the history of analysis given at Rice University [in 1977], I decided that it might be interesting to review the history of mathematics and physics in the last three hundred years or so with heavy emphasis on those parts in which harmonic analysis had played a decisive or at least a major role. I was pleased and somewhat astonished to find how much of both subjects could be included under this rubric ... The picture that gradually emerged as the various details fell into place was one that I found very beautiful, and the process of seeing it do s |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Harmonic analysis -- History
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Harmonic analysis.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781470438739 |
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1470438739 |
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