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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2013
      December 1984
      ISBN:
      9781107325623
      9780521302241
      9780521177399
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107325623
      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.77kg, 318 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 318 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Differential and Integral Equations, Dynamical Systems and Control Theory, Algebra
      Series:
      Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications (4)
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    Subjects:
    Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Differential and Integral Equations, Dynamical Systems and Control Theory, Algebra
    Series:
    Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications (4)
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    Originally published in 1977, this volume is concerned with the relationship between symmetries of a linear second-order partial differential equation of mathematical physics, the coordinate systems in which the equation admits solutions via separation of variables, and the properties of the special functions that arise in this manner. Some group-theoretic twists in the ancient method of separation of variables that can be used to provide a foundation for much of special function theory are shown. In particular, it is shown explicitly that all special functions that arise via separation of variables in the equations of mathematical physics can be studied using group theory.

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    Review of the hardback:‘ … an important step in the group-theoretic approach to special functions. It is clearly written and should be accessible to a broad spectrum of readers’.

    Source: Mathematical Reviews

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