Unitary Representations of Groups, Duals, and Characters

Bekka, Bachir; de la Harpe, Pierre

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Unitary Representations of Groups, Duals, and Characters

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Bachir Bekka, IRMAR, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France and Pierre de la Harpe, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland

Publication: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs
Publication Year: 2020; Volume 250
ISBNs: 978-1-4704-5627-6 (print); 978-1-4704-6287-1 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/surv/250

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