A brief survey of symmetry in mathematics

  1. G. D. Mostow
  1. Yale University, Department of Mathematics, 10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520

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This paper presents a brief survey of the idea of symmetry in mathematics, as exemplified by some particular developments in algebra, differential equations, topology, and number theory.

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  1. PNAS December 10, 1996 vol. 93 no. 25 14233-14237
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