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The concept of invariance with respect to transformations of a group is one of the most important and successful ideas of nineteenth century mathematics. After the use of coordinates had dominated many branches of mathematics and physics for centuries, a critical review of these methods was initiated by a new look on its foundations.
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Müller, C. (1998). The General Theory. In: Analysis of Spherical Symmetries in Euclidean Spaces. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 129. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0581-4_2
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