Group Representations, Ergodic Theory, and Mathematical Physics: A Tribute to George W. Mackey (Contemporary Mathematics, 449)

ISBN 10: 0821842250 / ISBN 13: 9780821842256

Published by Amer Mathematical Society, 2008

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• Title: Group Representations, Ergodic Theory, and Mathematical Physics: A Tribute to George W. Mackey (Contemporary Mathematics, 449)
• Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821842250
• ISBN 13: 9780821842256
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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This book is based on lectures presented at an American Mathematical Society special session held in January 2007 in New Orleans, dedicated to the memory of George Mackey, who made contributions to representation theory, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics. The papers, written especially for this book by internationally known mathematicians and mathematical physicists, range from expository and historical surveys to original high-level research articles. Topics examined include recent results on induced representations, virtual groups, the Mackey Machine and cross products, representations of Baumslag-Solitar groups, the Radon transform and the heat equation, groupoids in the study of wavelets, and quantum theory. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)