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The problem of the spectral representation of a linear operator arises as a natural generalization of the problem of the transformation of a quadratic form to principal axes. In this section we shall discuss this and two well-known analogous problems in a preliminary fashion.
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Friedrichs, K.O. (1973). Spectral Representation. In: Spectral Theory of Operators in Hilbert Space. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 9. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6396-8_1
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