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Author(s): Anthony W. Knapp
Title: Lie groups: Beyond an introduction
Additional book information: Birkhäuser, Boston, MA, 1996, xv+604, $49.50, 3-7643-3926-8


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
David A. Vogan Jr.
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: dav@math.mit.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1999), 493-498.

MSC (1991): Primary 22Exx; Secondary 46E25, 20C20
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-99-00790-9
PII: S 0273-0979(99)00790-9
Posted: June 21, 1999
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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