Segal, Irving Ezra

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Name (Latin)
Segal, Irving Ezra
Other forms of name
Sigal, Irving
Segal, Irving
Date of birth
1918-09-13
Date of death
1998-08-30
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1918
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 72279
Wikidata: Q381347
Library of congress: n 50005775
Sources of Information
  • His The group algebra of a locally compact group ... 1947.
  • Studies in applied mathematics, 1983 (a.e.)t.p. (Irving Segal)
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Wikipedia description:

Irving Ezra Segal (1918–1998) was an American mathematician known for work on theoretical quantum mechanics. He shares credit for what is often referred to as the Segal–Shale–Weil representation. Early in his career Segal became known for his developments in quantum field theory and in functional and harmonic analysis, in particular his innovation of the algebraic axioms known as C*-algebra.

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