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The Heisenberg group : a survey / Gerald B. Folland.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA1 .A5225 v.68
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Folland, G. B., Author.
- Series:
- Colloquium publications (American Mathematical Society) ; v. 68.
- American Mathematical Society colloquium publications, 0065-9258 ; volume 68
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lie groups.
- Lie algebras.
- Harmonic analysis.
- Cauchy-Riemann equations.
- Geometry, Riemannian.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Providence, Rhode Island] : American Mathematical Society, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Over the past hundred years, the Heisenberg group has been recognized as an important object in several areas of mathematics, including group representation theory, mathematical physics, complex analysis in several variables, partial differential equations, and differential geometry. This book presents a concise and readable introduction to all these aspects, together with brief descriptions of further research in the area over the past few decades."-- Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Getting to know the Heisenberg group
- Harmonic analysis on the Heisenberg group
- Analysis of differential operators
- Analysis and geometry of homogeneous spaces
- The discrete Heisenberg group : a case study
- A glimpse of sub-Riemannian geometry.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Folland, G. B. Heisenberg group.
- ISBN:
- 9781470479893
- 1470479893
- OCLC:
- 1511788418
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