A note on the contraction of Lie algebras
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 19 (17) , 3697-3699
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/19/17/032
Abstract
It is demonstrated that the contraction of Lie algebras can be viewed as the procedure that underlies limiting distributions in probability theory. The consequences of such an interpretation are discussed.Keywords
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