On the Contraction of Groups and Their Representations

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DOI10.1073/pnas.39.6.510zbMath0050.02601OpenAlexW1990574598WikidataQ24519339 ScholiaQ24519339MaRDI QIDQ5817455

Eugene P. Wigner, Erdal İnönü

Publication date: 1953

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.39.6.510



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