Monthly Archives: December 2008

Trigonometric Series and the Beginnings of Set Theory

Let be a -periodic function. It may or may not have a representation as a trigonometric series A natural question to ask is whether or not the representation of as a trigonometric series is unique, if it has one. It … Continue reading

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A Simple Introduction to Quantum Groups

In the course of reading some background material for an article by James Worthington on using bialgebraic structures in automata theory, I was led to finally reading up on what a Hopf algebra (sometimes called a “quantum group“) is. Although … Continue reading

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