The emergence of selection rules and their encounter with group theory, 1913--1927

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.05.002zbMath1228.81008OpenAlexW2034881785MaRDI QIDQ652754

Arianna Borrelli

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.05.002

zbMATH Keywords

symmetrygroup theoryselection rulesold quantum theoryEugene Wigner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) History of topological groups (22-03)

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• Introducing groups into quantum theory (1926--1930)
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