From canonical transformations to transformation theory, 1926--1927: the road to Jordan's ``Neue Begründung

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.07.001MaRDI QIDQ652756zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anthony Duncan, Michel Janssen

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.07.001

zbMATH Keywords

canonical transformationstransformation theoryPascual JordanFritz London

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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