Harmonic analysis

3 lives in this collection worked in harmonic analysis, from 1894 to today. Each has a full course on their life and the mathematics and physics they made.

  • Norbert Wiener1894–1964

    American mathematician who constructed Brownian motion rigorously, created generalized harmonic analysis and the general Tauberian theorem, developed optimal filtering and founded cybernetics.

    harmonic analysis, probability theory, potential theory

  • André Weil1906–1998

    Founder of Bourbaki who proved the Riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields and formulated the Weil conjectures.

    number theory, algebraic geometry, arithmetic geometry

  • Harish-Chandra1923–1983

    Physicist turned mathematician who created the harmonic analysis of semisimple Lie groups, from the Harish-Chandra isomorphism to the discrete series and the Plancherel formula.

    representation theory, harmonic analysis, lie groups