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Bernstein–Zelevinsky classification

In mathematics, the Bernstein–Zelevinsky classification, introduced by Bernstein and Zelevinsky and Zelevinsky (1980), classifies the irreducible complex smooth representations of a general linear group over a local field in terms of cuspidal representations.

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In mathematics, the Bernstein–Zelevinsky classification, introduced by Bernstein and Zelevinsky (1977) and Zelevinsky (1980), classifies the irreducible complex smooth representations of a general linear group over a local field in terms of cuspidal representations.

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