The mathematical heritage of Hermann Weyl /

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Meeting name:Symposium on the Mathematical Heritage of Hermann Weyl (1987 : Duke University)
Imprint:Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c1988.
Description:vii, 344 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Proceedings of symposia in pure mathematics, 0082-0717 ; v. 48
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4720857
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Other authors / contributors:Wells, R. O., Jr. (Raymond O'Neil), 1940-
ISBN:0821814826 (alk. paper)
Notes:"Proceedings of the Symposium on the Mathematical Heritage of Hermann Weyl, held at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May 12-16, 1987"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographies.
Table of Contents:
  • On induced representations
  • Differentiable structures on fractal-like sets, determined by intrinsic scaling functions on dual Cantor sets
  • Representation theory and arithmetic
  • Noncommutative algebras and unitary representations
  • The oscillator semigroup
  • The Classical Groups and invariants of binary forms
  • Characters, harmonic analysis, and an $L^2$-Lefschetz formula
  • Perspectives on vertex operators and the Monster
  • Some problems in the quantization of gauge theories and string theories
  • Fully nonlinear elliptic equations
  • Surfaces in conformal geometry
  • Algebraic cycles, Bott periodicity and the Chern characteristic map
  • Uniformization of geometric structures
  • Elliptic invariants for differential operators
  • New invariants of 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds
  • Moduli spaces and homotopy theory
  • Fundamental asymmetry in physical laws
  • Free fermions on an algebraic curve