Irreducible Unitary Representations of the Lorentz Group

1947/07/01 by V. Bargmann · 1,272 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebra over a field #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #Fundamental representation #Group (periodic table) #Lie group #Lorentz group #Lorentz transformation #Mathematics #Physics and Engineering Research Articles #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Representation theory of the Lorentz group #Unitary group #Unitary representation #Unitary state

paper · doi:10.2307/1969129

published in Annals of Mathematics 48(3), 568 (Princeton University)

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