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Most cited papers in advanced mathematical theories

What are the most cited papers in advanced mathematical theories?

The most cited paper in advanced mathematical theories is "On the stability of the linear mapping in Banach spaces" (Themistocles M. Rassias, 1978), with 2,860 citations. Next come "ON A CLASS OF SKEW DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS" (2,524) and "Hypoelliptic second order differential equations" (2,458).

Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 385 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 On the stability of the linear mapping in Banach spaces Themistocles M. Rassias · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society Open access Nov 1978 2,860
2 ON A CLASS OF SKEW DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS Herbert A. Simon · Biometrika 1955 2,524
3 Hypoelliptic second order differential equations Lars Hörmander · Acta Mathematica 1967 2,458
4 A Class of Statistics with Asymptotically Normal Distribution Wassily Hoeffding · Springer series in statistics Book chapter 1992 1,913
5 Weak solutions of nonlinear hyperbolic equations and their numerical computation Peter D. Lax · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics Feb 1954 1,851
6 Biological Populations with Nonoverlapping Generations: Stable Points, Stable Cycles, and Chaos Robert Mccredie May · Science 15 Nov 1974 1,717
7 An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis. Guido Weiss, Yitzhak Katznelson · American Mathematical Monthly Apr 1970 1,713
8 Compact matrix pseudogroups Stanisław Lech Woronowicz · Communications in Mathematical Physics Open access Dec 1987 1,700
9 Invariance theory, the heat equation, and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem Peter Gilkey 1995 1,559
10 Self-duality in four-dimensional Riemannian geometry Michael Francis Atiyah, Nigel James Hitchin, I. M. Singer · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 12 Sep 1978 1,506
11 Convergence of Probability Measures James L. Snell · Technometrics Feb 1970 1,379
12 On “bent” functions Oscar S. Rothaus · Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A Open access May 1976 1,344
13 Hypoelliptic differential operators and nilpotent groups Linda Preiss Rothschild, E. M. Stein · Acta Mathematica 1976 1,123
14 Hyperbolic geometry of complex networks Dmitri Krioukov, Fragkiskos Papadopoulos, Maksim Kitsak et al. · Physical Review E Open access 9 Sep 2010 1,096
15 Quantum Physics: A Functional Integral Point of View J. Gllmm, Arthur M. Jaffe, Frank A. Wilczek · Physics Today Oct 1982 1,077
16 Random difference equations and Renewal theory for products of random matrices Harry Kesten · Acta Mathematica Open access 1973 1,023
17 Measures on the Closed Subspaces of a Hilbert Space Andrew M. Gleason Book chapter 1975 1,020
18 Differential equations on riemannian manifolds and their geometric applications Sheng Yao Cheng, Shing–Tung Yau · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics May 1975 1,015
19 Bell Inequalities for Arbitrarily High-Dimensional Systems Daniel Collins, Nicolas Gisin, Noah Linden et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 10 Jan 2002 1,005
20 Harmonic Analysis and Discontinuous Groups in Weakly Symmetric Riemannian Spaces With Applications to Dirichlet Series Atle Selberg · Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society Sep 1956 996
21 Iterated function systems and the global construction of fractals Michael Fielding Barnsley, Stephen G. Demko · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 8 Jun 1985 975
22 Markovian master equations E. B. Davies · Communications in Mathematical Physics Jun 1974 959
23 Vector Bundles Over an Elliptic Curve Michael Francis Atiyah · Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 1957 948
24 The Cauchy problem for quasi-linear symmetric hyperbolic systems Tosio Kato · Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 1975 934
25 Random Magnetic Fields, Supersymmetry, and Negative Dimensions Giorgio Parisi, Nicolas Sourlas · Physical Review Letters 10 Sep 1979 921
26 Integral representations of functions and imbedding theory Sergei Mikhailovich Nikol'skii · Mathematical Notes Sep 1978 913
27 Gaussian measures in Banach spaces Hui-Hsiung Kuo · Lecture notes in mathematics Book chapter 1975 876
28 The Inhomogeneous Dirichlet Problem in Lipschitz Domains David S Jerison, Carlos E. Kenig · Journal of Functional Analysis Open access May 1995 864
29 Decay of the false vacuum at finite temperature Andrei D Linde · Nuclear Physics B May 1983 837
30 The cauchy problem for the critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation in Hs Thierry Cazenave, Fred B. Weissler · Nonlinear Analysis 1990 815
31 Stochastic Analysis of the Fractional Brownian Motion Laurent Decreusefond, Ali Süleyman Üstünel · Potential Analysis Mar 1999 781
32 Elementary and Analytic Theory of Algebraic Numbers Peter Shiu, Władysław Narkiewicz · The Mathematical Gazette Oct 1991 769
33 Ultrametricity for physicists R. Rammal, G. Toulouse, Miguel Angel VIRASORO · Reviews of Modern Physics Jul 1986 766
34 On the blowing up of solutions to the Cauchy problem for nonlinear Schrödinger equations Robert T. Glassey · Journal of Mathematical Physics Sep 1977 765
35 Distance and de Sitter conjectures on the Swampland Hirosi Ooguri, Eran Palti, Gary Shiu et al. · Physics Letters B Open access 15 Nov 2018 761
36 Proof of the Bogoliubov-Parasiuk theorem on renormalization Klaus Hepp · Communications in Mathematical Physics Dec 1966 758
37 n-Widths in Approximation Theory. Klaus Höllig, Allan M. Pinkus · Mathematics of Computation Oct 1986 748
38 Towards Singularity- and Ghost-Free Theories of Gravity Tirthabir Biswas, Erik C. Gerwick, Tomi Koivisto et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 19 Jan 2012 748
39 On Extensions of the Brunn-Minkowski and Prékopa-Leindler Theorems, Including Inequalities for Log Concave Functions, and with an Application to the Diffusion Equation Herm Jan Brascamp, Élliott H. Lieb Book chapter 2002 740
40 Models of the Small World Mark E. J. Newman · Journal of Statistical Physics Nov 2000 722
41 The realization of the generalized transfer equation in a medium with fractal geometry Raoul Rashidovich Nigmatullin · physica status solidi (b) 1986 711
42 Ten Lectures on the Interface between Analytic Number Theory and Harmonic Analysis Hugh L. Montgomery · Regional conference series in mathematics Conference paper 11 Oct 1994 673
43 On the term structure of interest rates L.Uri Dothan · Journal of Financial Economics Mar 1978 668
44 Values of Zeta Functions and Their Applications Don Bernard Zagier · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks Book chapter 1994 659
45 High-Energy Behavior in Quantum Field Theory Steven Weinberg · Physical Review May 1960 658
46 Convergence of Bogoliubov's method of renormalization in momentum space W. Zimmermann · Communications in Mathematical Physics Sep 1969 656
47 On the ergodic properties of nowhere dispersing billiards Leonid Abramovich Bunimovich · Communications in Mathematical Physics Oct 1979 654
48 On the Existence of Invariant Measures for Piecewise Monotonic Transformations Andrzej Lasota, James A. Yorke Book chapter 1974 652
49 SYMMETRIC GAUGE FUNCTIONS AND UNITARILY INVARIANT NORMS Leon Mirsky · The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics Open access 1960 636
50 Quantum graphs: I. Some basic structures Peter Kuchment · Waves in Random Media 2004 617

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