Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl

1885 - 1955

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From 1923-38 Weyl evolved the concept of continuous groups using matrix representations. With his application of group theory to quantum mechanics he set up the modern subject.
Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing]
List of References (58 books/articles)

Some Quotations (14)

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Preface to H Weyl's Theory of groups and quantum mechanics - First Edition
  2. Preface to H Weyl's Theory of groups and quantum mechanics - Second Edition
  3. Introduction to H Weyl's theory of groups and quantum mechanics
  4. G H Hardy's schedule of lectures in the USA

Honours awarded to Hermann Weyl
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Speaker at International Congress1928
Fellow of the Royal Society1936
LMS Honorary Member1939
AMS Gibbs Lecturer1948
Lunar featuresCrater Weyl

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  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. World History
  1. Clark Kimberling
  2. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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