Author: Hermann Weyl
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: symmetry
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1983-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0691023743
ISBN-13: 9780691023748
Defines symmetry through a discussion of its many uses in a wide variety of fields both academic and natural.
Author: Maurice Weyl
Publisher: Braithwaite Press
Keywords: choice
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $30.45
ISBN-10: 1409799263
ISBN-13: 9781409799269
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: M.W. Wong
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: universitext, transforms, weyl
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 1998-09-15
List price: $74.95
ISBN-10: 0387984143
ISBN-13: 9780387984148
The functional analytic properties of Weyl transforms as bounded linear operators on $ L^{2}({Bbb R}^{n}) $ are studied in terms of the symbols of the transforms. The boundedness, the compactness, the spectrum and the functional calculus of the Weyl transform are proved in detail. New results and techniques on the boundedness and compactness of the Weyl transforms in terms of the symbols in $ L^{r}({Bbb R}^{2n}) $ and in terms of the Wigner transforms of Hermite functions are given. The roles of the Heisenberg group and the symplectic group in the study of the structure of the Weyl transform a
Author: Hermann Weyl
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: matter, time, space
Number of Pages: 330
Published: 1952-06-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0486602672
ISBN-13: 9780486602677
"A classic of physics ... the first systematic presentation of Einstein’s theory of relativity"—British Journal for Philosophy and Science. Long one of the standard texts in the field, this excellent introduction probes deeply into Euclidean space, Riemann’s space, Einstein’s general relativity, gravitational waves and energy, laws of conservation.
Author: Hermann Weyl
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: mechanics, quantum, groups, theory
Number of Pages: 444
Published: 1950-06-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0486602699
ISBN-13: 9780486602691
This landmark among mathematics texts applies group theory to quantum mechanics, first covering unitary geometry, quantum theory, groups and their representations, then applications themselves—rotation, Lorentz, permutation groups, symmetric permutation groups, and the algebra of symmetric transformations. Unabridged republication of the English (1931) edition.
Author: Hermann Weyl
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: representations, invariants, groups, classical
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1997-10-13
List price: $67.50
ISBN-10: 0691057567
ISBN-13: 9780691057569
In this renowned volume, Hermann Weyl discusses the symmetric, full linear, orthogonal, and symplectic groups and determines their different invariants and representations. Using basic concepts from algebra, he examines the various properties of the groups. Analysis and topology are used wherever appropriate. The book also covers topics such as matrix algebras, semigroups, commutators, and spinors, which are of great importance in understanding the group-theoretic structure of quantum mechanics.
Author: Hermann Weyl
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: science, natural, mathematics, philosophy
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2009-04-27
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 0691141207
ISBN-13: 9780691141206
When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience"--the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with the incredulous, uncertain nature of philosophy. Yet the two disciplines were already intertwined. In Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science, Weyl examines how advances in philosophy were led by scientific discoveries--the more humankind understood about the physical world, the more curious we became. The book is divided into two parts, one on mathematics and the other on the physical sciences
