Timeline for How to generalize the various vector calculus theorems to distributions?
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| May 11, 2021 at 14:44 | comment | added | burlington | The problem is not the question of using lcs’s but of using duality, i.e., defining distributions as functionals (generalised measures) rather than as generalised functions—and anyway Strichartz’ book came long after the approaches I am talking about (my edition is dated 1994, the stuff I am talking about dates from the 50’s). But that, of course, is just my modest personal opinion | |
| May 8, 2021 at 8:14 | comment | added | Dirk | One book that introduces distributions mainly without mentioning locally convex spaces is Strichartz' "Guide to Distribution Theory and Fourier Transforms" (it does not even contain the phrase "semi-norm"!). | |
| May 7, 2021 at 16:13 | comment | added | Michael Engelhardt | It is a mathematics site - my comment wasn't meant as a criticism, I just meant to add that there are fields of applications in which calculi of distributions are alive and well. | |
| S May 7, 2021 at 16:11 | history | suggested | J W | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added link to referenced answer; original wording was "above material" but depends on how answers are sorted
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| May 7, 2021 at 16:00 | comment | added | burlington | Sorry, I thought this was a mathematics site—my mistake! | |
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| May 7, 2021 at 14:11 | comment | added | Michael Engelhardt | In physics, using a direct calculus of distributions is the prevalent method ... | |
| May 7, 2021 at 9:11 | history | answered | burlington | CC BY-SA 4.0 |