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Questions about the origin of mathematical terms.

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Origin of the term "weight" in representation theory

In representation theory, there are the related concepts of weights and roots. Since both are kinds of generalised eigenvalues, and eigenvalues are roots of e.g. the characteristic polynomial, the wor …
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