Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl, ForMemRS (German: [vaɪl]; 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and...
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textbook written by Hermann Weyl about the mathematical study of symmetry, group theory, and how to apply it to quantum physics. Weyl expanded on ideas...
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In differential geometry, the Weyl curvature tensor, named after Hermann Weyl, is a measure of the curvature of spacetime or, more generally, a pseudo-Riemannian...
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In theoretical physics, the Weyl transformation, named after German mathematician Hermann Weyl, is a local rescaling of the metric tensor: g a b → e −...
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the Weyl equation is a relativistic wave equation for describing massless spin-1/2 particles called Weyl fermions. The equation is named after Hermann Weyl...
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In quantum mechanics, the Wigner–Weyl transform or Weyl–Wigner transform (after Hermann Weyl and Eugene Wigner) is the invertible mapping between functions...
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compact Lie groups in terms of their highest weights. It was proved by Hermann Weyl (1925, 1926a, 1926b). There is a closely related formula for the character...
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theory of Lie groups, Issai Schur, who discovered the phenomenon, and Hermann Weyl, who popularized it in his books on quantum mechanics and classical groups...
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Grelling–Nelson paradox (redirect from Weyl's paradox)
attributed to the German philosopher and mathematician Hermann Weyl thus occasionally called Weyl's paradox or Grelling's paradox. It is closely related...
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mathematics, in particular the theory of Lie algebras, the Weyl group (named after Hermann Weyl) of a root system Φ is a subgroup of the isometry group of...
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at the conference: the Wigner Medal (1978–2018), the Hermann Weyl Prize (since 2002) and the Weyl–Wigner Award (since 2022). The Wigner Medal was an award...
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was initially proved by Hermann Weyl, with his student Fritz Peter, in the setting of a compact topological group G (Peter & Weyl 1927). The theorem is...
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discovered in 1911 (in the d = 2 , 3 {\displaystyle d=2,3} case) by Hermann Weyl for eigenvalues for the Laplace–Beltrami operator acting on functions...
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Zeno's paradoxes (section Hermann Weyl)
infinite sequence of movements, and the paradox is resolved. According to Hermann Weyl, the assumption that space is made of finite and discrete units is subject...
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Spinor (redirect from Majorana-Weyl spinor)
algebra. Lawson & Michelsohn 1989, Appendix D. Brauer & Weyl 1935. Brauer, Richard; Weyl, Hermann (1935). "Spinors in n dimensions". American Journal of...
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In mathematics, a Weyl sequence is a sequence from the equidistribution theorem proven by Hermann Weyl: The sequence of all multiples of an irrational...
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was described by Pavel Alexandrov, Albert Einstein, Jean Dieudonné, Hermann Weyl and Norbert Wiener as the most important woman in the history of mathematics...
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York 1952 (Dover) entitled H. A. Lorentz, Albert Einstein, Hermann Minkowski, and Hermann Weyl, The Principle of Relativity: A Collection of Original Memoirs...
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In philosophy, Weyl's tile argument, introduced by Hermann Weyl in 1949, is an argument against the notion that physical space is "discrete", as if composed...
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remained there for the rest of his life. Among Hilbert's students were Hermann Weyl, chess champion Emanuel Lasker, Ernst Zermelo, and Carl Gustav Hempel...
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Washington, D.C. Fritz Joachim Weyl was the son of mathematician Hermann Weyl and the author and translator Helene Weyl. Fritz received his Bachelor of...
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Unitarian trick (redirect from Weyl's unitary trick)
introduced by Adolf Hurwitz (1897) for the special linear group and by Hermann Weyl for general semisimple groups. It applies to show that the representation...
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lawyer and politician Hermann de Stern (1815–1887), German–born British banker. Hermann Wendland (1825–1903), German botanist Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), German...
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algebra, the Weyl algebras are abstracted from the ring of differential operators with polynomial coefficients. They are named after Hermann Weyl, who introduced...
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linear space (vector space) [...] became widely known around 1920, when Hermann Weyl and others published formal definitions. In fact, such a definition had...
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Almost periodic function (redirect from Weyl almost-periodic functions)
studied by Harald Bohr and later generalized by Vyacheslav Stepanov, Hermann Weyl and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, amongst others. There is also a notion...
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mathematics, Weyl's theorem or Weyl's lemma might refer to one of a number of results of Hermann Weyl. These include the Peter–Weyl theorem Weyl's theorem...
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Equidistributed sequence (redirect from Weyl's criterion)
a_{j}}=0.} The criterion is named after, and was first formulated by, Hermann Weyl. It allows equidistribution questions to be reduced to bounds on exponential...
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"complex" introduced by Hermann Weyl in 1939. In mathematics it may refer to: Symplectic category Symplectic Clifford algebra, see Weyl algebra Symplectic...
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Moyal product (redirect from Weyl-Groenewold product)
José Enrique Moyal; also called the star product or Weyl–Groenewold product, after Hermann Weyl and Hilbrand J. Groenewold) is an example of a phase-space...
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