On contractions of semisimple Lie groups

Dooley, A. H.; Rice, J. W.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1985-0779059-4

On contractions of semisimple Lie groups
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Abstract:

A limiting formula is given for the representation theory of the Cartan motion group associated to a Riemannian symmetric pair $(G,K)$ in terms of the representation theory of $G$.

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