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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:14, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Representation theory of the Lorentz group

 * ... that an encounter with his advisor Paul Dirac while working on the representation theory of the Lorentz group helped convince Harish-Chandra that he didn't have the mysterious sixth sense required to become a successful theoretical physicist?
 * Comment: The relevant passage is to be found in a footnote labeled "nb 3" in the third paragraph in the lead.
 * Comment: The relevant passage is to be found in a footnote labeled "nb 3" in the third paragraph in the lead.

Improved to Good Article status by YohanN7 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:34, 11 September 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg hook is 242 characters, 42 characters above the limit, it has to be shortened. Elisa.rolle (talk) 22:30, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose:

ALT1: ... that while working on the representation theory of the Lorentz group, Harish-Chandra became convinced that he didn't have the mysterious sixth sense required of a successful theoretical physicist? --Usernameunique (talk) 23:04, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg article improved to GA status recently, is of course well sourced and more than long enough. The hook is on the remark section, never seen it but I think it's fine. It's sourced. Still a bit long, but under 200 characters, ALT1 is good for me to go.Elisa.rolle (talk) 23:09, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll try to find an alternative that verbatim includes Paul Dirac, because that name is recognized. YohanN7 (talk) 11:06, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that while working on the representations of the Lorentz group, an encounter with Dirac convinced Harish-Chandra that he didn't have the mysterious sixth sense required of a successful physicist?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg also ALT2 is within limit (195 characters) Elisa.rolle (talk) 07:31, 15 September 2017 (UTC)