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An Outline of the Spectral Theory of Propagators

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After indicating recent improvements in the propagator theory of Hilbertian varieties and some applications to Banach algebras, we outline the spectral theory of propagators.

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Masani, P. (1981). An Outline of the Spectral Theory of Propagators. In: Butzer, P.L., Sz.-Nagy, B., Görlich, E. (eds) Functional Analysis and Approximation. ISNM 60: International Series of Numerical Mathematics / ISNM 60: Internationale Schriftenreihe zur Numerischen Mathematik / ISNM 60: Série internationale d’Analyse numérique, vol 60. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9369-5_9

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