Gunnar Forst

797 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 464 citations indexed

About

Gunnar Forst is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Forst has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 464 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Mathematical Physics, 4 papers in Applied Mathematics and 2 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Forst's work include Advanced Algebra and Geometry (3 papers), Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods (2 papers) and Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (2 papers). Gunnar Forst is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Algebra and Geometry (3 papers), Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods (2 papers) and Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (2 papers). Gunnar Forst collaborates with scholars based in Denmark and Germany. Gunnar Forst's co-authors include Christian Berg, Bent Fuglede and Anders Thorup and has published in prestigious journals such as Lecture notes in mathematics, Inventiones mathematicae and Probability Theory and Related Fields.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Forst

14 papers receiving 395 citations

Hit Papers

Potential Theory on Locally Compact Abelian Groups 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Potential Theory on Locally Compact Abelian Groups
    1975 389 citations Christian Berg, Gunnar Forst CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gunnar Forst Denmark 6 264 191 93 84 56 14 464
И. В. Островскии Türkiye 10 221 0.8× 375 2.0× 77 0.8× 81 1.0× 75 1.3× 60 625
J.-P. Kahane France 9 274 1.0× 97 0.5× 90 1.0× 35 0.4× 84 1.5× 17 459
John V. Ryff United States 10 172 0.7× 251 1.3× 23 0.2× 69 0.8× 68 1.2× 15 473
C. Ionescu Tulcea United States 10 287 1.1× 170 0.9× 36 0.4× 144 1.7× 63 1.1× 23 521
Nathaniel A. Friedman United States 11 384 1.5× 70 0.4× 28 0.3× 128 1.5× 52 0.9× 36 531
A. Ionescu Tulcea United States 11 330 1.3× 187 1.0× 47 0.5× 102 1.2× 84 1.5× 22 543
M. A. Akcoglu Canada 14 374 1.4× 247 1.3× 48 0.5× 141 1.7× 105 1.9× 58 589
Jacob Korevaar Netherlands 9 130 0.5× 145 0.8× 36 0.4× 58 0.7× 52 0.9× 26 353
Ryōtarō Satō Japan 11 283 1.1× 176 0.9× 39 0.4× 94 1.1× 68 1.2× 93 465
Martin L. Silverstein United States 11 321 1.2× 238 1.2× 118 1.3× 87 1.0× 75 1.3× 23 519

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunnar Forst

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Forst, Gunnar & Anders Thorup. (2000). Minimal Huffman trees. Acta Informatica. 36(9-10). 721–734. 1 indexed citations
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Berg, Christian & Gunnar Forst. (1983). Multiply self-decomposable probability measures on ?+ and ?+. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 62(2). 147–163. 2 indexed citations
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Berg, Christian & Gunnar Forst. (1982). A convolution equation relating the generalized Γ-convolutions and the Bondesson Class. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 1982(3-4). 171–175. 2 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1981). Subordinates of the Poisson semigroup. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 55(1). 35–40. 2 indexed citations
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Berg, Christian, Gunnar Forst, & Bent Fuglede. (1980). Potential Theory Copenhagen 1979. Lecture notes in mathematics. 2 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1979). A characterization of self-decomposable probabilities on the half-line. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 49(3). 349–352. 14 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1978). A characterization of potential kernels on the positive half-line. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 41(4). 335–340. 4 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1976). The L�vy-Hin?in representation of negative definite functions. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 34(4). 313–318. 5 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1976). Harmonic spaces associated with non-symmetric translation invariant Dirichlet forms. Inventiones mathematicae. 34(2). 135–150. 2 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1975). The definition of energy in non-symmetric translation invariant Dirichlet spaces. Mathematische Annalen. 216(2). 165–172. 9 indexed citations
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Berg, Christian & Gunnar Forst. (1975). Potential Theory on Locally Compact Abelian Groups. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Forst, Gunnar. (1974). Convolution Semigroups of Local Type.. MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA. 34. 211–211. 6 indexed citations
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Berg, Christian & Gunnar Forst. (1973). Non-symmetric translation invariant Dirichlet forms. Inventiones mathematicae. 21(3). 199–212. 16 indexed citations
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Forst, Gunnar. (1972). Symmetric harmonic groups and translation invariant Dirichlet spaces. Inventiones mathematicae. 18(1-2). 143–182. 10 indexed citations

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