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Introduction to the Theory of Distributions

by (author) Israel Halperin & Laurent Schwartz

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2018
Category
General, History, Research
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442615151
    Publish Date
    Dec 2018
    List Price
    $22.95

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Description

This pamphlet, based on lectures given by Laurent Schwartz at the Canadian Mathematical Congress in 1951, gives a detailed introduction to the theory of distributions, in terms of classical analysis, for applied mathematicians and physicists.

 

Mathematical Congress Lecture Series, No. 1

About the authors

Israel Halperin (1911-2007) was a Canadian mathematician and professor emeritus of the University of Toronto, as well as a social activist.

Israel Halperin's profile page

Laurent Schwartz (1915-2002) was was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 for his work on the theory of distributions. For several years he taught at the Ecole polytechnique.

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Editorial Reviews

"What the pamphlet sets out doing it does very well indeed, and although written compactly, it is readable and informative"

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society