Hermann Weyl: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Dec 04, 2025
Anniversary information added. Nov 05, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 15, 2024
Media added. Jan 18, 2023
Modified link of Web site: Institute for Advanced Study - Biography of Hermann Weyl. May 06, 2021
Add new Web site: Stetson University - Biography of Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl. Feb 23, 2017
Discussion of Weyl's unified field theory, introduction of the concept of gauge invariance, and his book Symmetry added. Mar 18, 2016
Date of Weyl's retirement from the Institute of Advanced Study changed from 1955 to 1951. Feb 08, 2016
Add new Web site: National Academy of Sciences - Biography of Hermann Weyl. Jun 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Institute for Advanced Study - Biography of Hermann Weyl. Jun 04, 2013
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl. Apr 17, 2008
Article revised. Jan 09, 2004
Article revised. Sep 27, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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