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Errata: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009) 175.

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Author(s): Claudio Procesi
Title: Lie groups. An approach through invariants and representations
Additional book information: Springer, New York, 2007, xxii + 596 pp., US$59.95, ISBN 978-0-387-26040-2

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MSC (2000): Primary 22EXX, 14LXX; Secondary 20GXX, 17BXX
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01201-9
PII: S 0273-0979(08)01201-9
Posted: July 1, 2008
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