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   • CommentAuthorjim_stasheff
   • CommentTimeAug 27th 2011
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   Author: jim_stasheff
   Format: TextDoes anyone know the biblio data for the original (independent) papers of Biedenharn and Elliott

   Does anyone know the biblio data for
   the original (independent) papers of
   Biedenharn and Elliott
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   • CommentAuthorzskoda
   • CommentTimeAug 30th 2011
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   Format: MarkdownItexI do not know, but the only Eliott's paper cited in the standard * L. C. Biedenharn, J. D. Louck, _Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics_, Enc. of Math. and its Appl., vol. 8, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley 1981. ISBN 0-201-13507-8. is * J.P. Elliott, _Theoretical studies in nuclear structure V: the matrix elements of non-central forces with an application to the 2p-shell_, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A __218__ (1953) 345-370, [jstor](http://www.jstor.org/stable/9936491479) (Edit: obsolete remark:) "but who knows, maybe those are already in issue IV ([jstor](http://www.jstor.org/stable/9936491479)) by Elliott together with J. Hope and H. A. Jahn..." For a historical overview of J. P. Elliott's work in general see * P. Van Isacker, _The scientific legacy of J. P. Elliott_, [pdf](http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/51/95/41/PDF/elliott.pdf). Biedenharn has several papers in the same period 1952/1953 cited in the Biedenharn-Louck enc. volume: * L. C. Biedenharn, J. M. Blatt, _A variation principle for eigenfunctions_, Physical Rev. (2) 93, (1954). 230–232. * L. C. Biedenharn, _An identity by the Racah coefficients_, J. Math. Physics __31__, (1953). 287–293. * L. C. Biedenharn, _Tables of Racah coefficients_, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Report ORNLR-1098, 1952 Edit: Elliott, _Theoretical..._ num. V,Proc. Roy. Soc. 1953 and Biedenharn, J Math Phys 1953 above are __the__ references, according to [hep-th/9402040](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9402040).

   I do not know, but the only Eliott’s paper cited in the standard

   • L. C. Biedenharn, J. D. Louck, Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics, Enc. of Math. and its Appl., vol. 8, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley 1981. ISBN 0-201-13507-8.

   is

   • J.P. Elliott, Theoretical studies in nuclear structure V: the matrix elements of non-central forces with an application to the 2p-shell, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A 218 (1953) 345-370, jstor

   (Edit: obsolete remark:) “but who knows, maybe those are already in issue IV (jstor) by Elliott together with J. Hope and H. A. Jahn…”

   For a historical overview of J. P. Elliott’s work in general see

   • P. Van Isacker, The scientific legacy of J. P. Elliott, pdf.

   Biedenharn has several papers in the same period 1952/1953 cited in the Biedenharn-Louck enc. volume:

   • L. C. Biedenharn, J. M. Blatt, A variation principle for eigenfunctions, Physical Rev. (2) 93, (1954). 230–232.
   • L. C. Biedenharn, An identity by the Racah coefficients, J. Math. Physics 31, (1953). 287–293.
   • L. C. Biedenharn, Tables of Racah coefficients, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Report ORNLR-1098, 1952

   Edit: Elliott, Theoretical… num. V,Proc. Roy. Soc. 1953 and Biedenharn, J Math Phys 1953 above are the references, according to hep-th/9402040.