Harmonic analysis as the exploitation of symmetry-a historical survey

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14783-7zbMath0437.43001WikidataQ56049376 ScholiaQ56049376MaRDI QIDQ3878135

George W. Mackey

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Development of contemporary mathematics (01A65) History of statistics (62-03) History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) History of classical thermodynamics (80-03) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01) History of statistical mechanics (82-03) History of probability theory (60-03) History of harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces (42-03) History of operator theory (47-03) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) History of functional analysis (46-03) History of functions of a complex variable (30-03) History of fluid mechanics (76-03) History of partial differential equations (35-03) History of group theory (20-03) History of abstract harmonic analysis (43-03) History of measure and integration (28-03) History of topological groups (22-03) History of integral equations (45-03) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03)

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