Titre :
Poincaré and the idea of a group
Sujet :
Mathématiques
Description :
In many different fields of mathematics and Physics Poincar´e found many uses for the idea of||a group, but not for group theory. He used the idea in his work on automorphic functions, in number theory, in his epistemology, Lie theory (on the so-called Campbell–Baker–Hausdorff and Poincar´e–Birkhoff–Witt theorems), in physics (where he introduced the Lorentz group), in his study of the domains of complex functions of several variables, and in his pioneering study of 3-manifolds. However, as a general rule, he seldom appealed to deep results in group theory, and developed no more structural analysis of any group than was necessary to solve a problem. It was usually enough for him that there is a group, or that there are different groups.||In this article Jeremy Gray gives a brief history on Poincar´e’s group idea.
Créateur :
Gray, Jeremy
Date :
2012-09
Droits :
Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde
Relation :
http://www.nieuwarchief.nl/serie5/pdf/naw5-2012-13-3-178.pdf
Format :
application/pdf
Langue :
en
Type :
Article de revue ; Texte
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