Peter–Weyl theorem
Teorema de Peter-Weyl
- Date
- 1927 · confidence high
- Place
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Fritz Peter y Hermann Weyl
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
A fundamental theorem of harmonic analysis generalizing to compact, not necessarily abelian, topological groups the classical results on the regular representation of finite groups; proved by Hermann Weyl with his student Fritz Peter.
What it led to
- Cornerstone of representation theory and harmonic analysis
- Basis for Fourier analysis on compact groups
- Influenced the later development of the Langlands program