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I was wondering if there is any connection between two things called Schur multipliers or is it just a coincidence? Namely, in representation/group theory the Schur multiplier of a group $G$ is its second homology group $H_2(G, \mathbb{Z})$. In functional analysis a function $\varphi \colon \mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{C}$ is a Schur multiplier if for any bounded linear operator $A: l^2 \to l^2$ with matrix $(a_{i,j})_{i,j \in \mathbb{N}}$ (with respect to the standard orthonormal basis of $l^2$) the matrix $(\varphi(i,j)a_{i,j})_{i,j \in \mathbb{N}}$ defines a bounded linear operator.

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    $\begingroup$ a coincidence, IMHO. I.Schur did fundamental work in group theory as well as in analysis, etc... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Issai_Schur $\endgroup$ Commented Jun 3, 2019 at 9:05
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    $\begingroup$ Possible duplicate of mathoverflow.net/questions/227995/… (however I don't vote, because I have some stupid "privilege" in gr.group-theory which would make the question closed as duplicate based on my only vote). $\endgroup$
    – YCor
    Commented Jun 3, 2019 at 9:18
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    $\begingroup$ Ah, I see, thank you very much. Yes, I think this is basically the same question and I somehow missed it. This one may be closed then. Sorry. :( $\endgroup$ Commented Jun 3, 2019 at 9:39

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