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Author(s): Anthony W. Knapp
Title: Representation theory of semisimple groups. An overview based on examples
Additional book information: Princeton Mathematics Series, vol. 36, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J., 1986, xvii + 773 pp., $75.00. ISBN 0-691-08401-7

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Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 17 (1987), 392-396.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15612-6
PII: S 0273-0979(1987)15612-6

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