The first systematic theory of generalized functions (also known as distributions) was created in the early 1950s, although some aspects were developed much earlier, most notably in the definition of the Green's function in mathematics and in the work of Paul Dirac on quantum electrodynamics in physics. The six-volume collection, Generalized Functions, written by I. M. Gelfand and co-authors and published in Russian between 1958 and 1966, gives an introduction to generalized functions and presents various applications to analysis, PDE, stochastic processes, and representation theory.
- ISBN13 9781470428853
- Publish Date 30 April 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint American Mathematical Society
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 2165
- Language English