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Irving Segal

American mathematician

Died when: 79 years 351 days (959 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Irving Segal

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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