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The Noncommutative Geometry of Julius Wess

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Julius Wess first work on noncommutative geometry dates June 1989. Since then he gradually became more and more interested and involved in this research field. We would like to describe briefly his interests, motivations, and main contributions, which could be divided into four periods. Therefore, we shall trace a short account of his last 18 years of scientific activity and hence of an approach to the subject that has become a reference point for the scientific community.

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Aschieri, P. (2009). The Noncommutative Geometry of Julius Wess. In: Noncommutative Spacetimes. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 774. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89793-4_10

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