The Plancherel measure arises in the context of harmonic analysis and representation theory, particularly concerning the study of groups and their representations. It is associated with the decomposition of functions or signals into orthogonal basis elements, similar to how Fourier transforms are used for functions on the real line. In a more specific sense, the Plancherel measure is used in the context of the representation theory of locally compact groups.
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