From canonical transformations to transformation theory, 1926--1927: the road to Jordan's ``Neue Begründung

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.07.001zbMath1228.81011OpenAlexW2053510899MaRDI QIDQ652756

Michel Janssen, Anthony Duncan

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.2009.07.001

zbMATH Keywords

canonical transformationstransformation theoryPascual JordanFritz London

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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