Talk:Representation theory/Old

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Currently the article is a disambiguation, distinguishing between group representation and representation of Boolean algebras.

I think that the term "representation theory" is overwhelmingly used for group representation (both in real life and in Wikipedia). Of course there are many other representation theorems (I am just starting the relevant article, please join me), and anybody working on improving such a theorem or finding a new or better one might be said to do "representation theory", but I do not think this terminology is standard.

So I think that the article should go back to a redirect (to group representation); this article should then also link to other representation theorems.

Aleph4 14:59, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Done. Aleph4 23:19, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Representation Theory also refers to the representations of other sorts of algebras, as briefly mentioned in the article group representation, but we really need an article or at least disambiguation page on the broader meaning. JPD (talk) 09:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)