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Book Information:
Authors:
Charles F. Dunkl and
Donald E. Ramirez
Title:
Representations of commutative semitopological semigroups
Additional book information:
Lecture Notes in Mathematics, no. 435, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1975, 181 + vi pp., $8.60.
J. F. Berglund and K. H. Hofmann, Compact semitopological semigroups and weakly almost periodic functions, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, No. 42, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1967. MR 0223483
2. Mary Katherine Bennett, Review of "Distributive Lattices by R. Balbes and P. Dwinger", Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 246-249.
R. B. Burckel, Weakly almost periodic functions on semigroups, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York-London-Paris, 1970. MR 0263963
4. H. Carruth, Hildebrant and R. J. Koch, Topological semigroups (to appear).
Karl Heinrich Hofmann, Topological semigroups history, theory, applications, Jber. Deutsch. Math.-Verein. 78 (1976/77), no. 1, 9–59. MR 424997
K. H. Hofmann, The duality of compact semigroups and $C^*$-bigebras, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 129, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1970. MR 0432803
7. K. H. Hofmann, M. Mislove and A. Stralka, The Pontryagin duality of compact 0-dimensional semilattices and its applications, Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 396, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1974. MR 50 #7398.
Karl Heinrich Hofmann and Paul S. Mostert, Elements of compact semigroups, Charles E. Merrill Books, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 1966. MR 0209387
Jimmie D. Lawson, Additional notes on continuity in semitopological semigroups, Semigroup Forum 12 (1976), no. 3, 265–280. MR 405381, DOI 10.1007/BF02195932
Aida Beatrijs Paalman-de Miranda, Topological semigroups, Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1964. Academisch Proefschrift ter Verkrijging van de Graad van Doctor in de Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. MR 0167963
N. J. Rothman and M. W. Schuh, Laplace tranforms on vanishing algebras, Semigroup Forum 8 (1974), no. 3, 189–214. MR 384983, DOI 10.1007/BF02194763
Joseph L. Taylor, Measure algebras, Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, No. 16, Published for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences by the American Mathematical Society, Providence, R.I., 1973. Expository lectures from the CBMS Regional Conference held at the University of Montana, Missoula, Mont., June 1972. MR 0427949
J. H. Williamson, Harmonic analysis on semigroups, J. London Math. Soc. 42 (1967), 1–41. MR 208291, DOI 10.1112/jlms/s1-42.1.1
- 1.
- J. F. Berglund and K. H. Hofmann, Compact semitopological semigroups and weakly almost periodic functions, Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 42, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1967. MR 36 #6531. MR 0223483
- 2.
- Mary Katherine Bennett, Review of "Distributive Lattices by R. Balbes and P. Dwinger", Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 246-249.
- 3.
- R. Burckel, Weakly almost periodic functions on semigroups, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1970. MR 41 #8562. MR 263963
- 4.
- H. Carruth, Hildebrant and R. J. Koch, Topological semigroups (to appear).
- 5.
- K. H. Hofmann, Topological semigroups, history, theory, applications, Jber. Deutsch. Math. Verein. 78 (1976), 9-59. MR 424997
- 6.
- K. H. Hofmann, The duality of compact semigroups and C*-bigebras, Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 129, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1970. MR 432803
- 7.
- K. H. Hofmann, M. Mislove and A. Stralka, The Pontryagin duality of compact 0-dimensional semilattices and its applications, Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 396, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1974. MR 50 #7398.
- 8.
- K. H. Hofmann and P. S. Mostert, Elements of compact semigroups, Merrill, Columbus, 1966; errata in Semigroup Forum 5 (1973), 285-322. MR 35 #285; 47 #8757. MR 209387
- 9.
- J. D. Lawson, Additional remarks on continuity in semitopological semigroups, Semigroup Forum 12 (1976), 265-280. MR 405381
- 10.
- A. B. Paalman-de Miranda, Topological semigroups, Math. Centre Tracts, 11, Math. Centrum, Amsterdam, 1964. MR 31 #1663. MR 167963
- 11.
- N. Rothman and M. W. Schuh, Laplace transforms on vanishing algebras, Semigroup Forum 8 (1974), 189-214. MR 384983
- 12.
- J. L. Taylor, Measure algebras, C.B.M.S. Regonal Conf. Ser. in Math., no. 16, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R.I., 1973. MR 427949
- 13.
- J. H. Williamson, Harmonic analysis on semigroups, J. London Math. Soc. 42 (1967), 1-41. MR 34 #8101. MR 208291
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Karl H. Hofmann
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
83 (1977), 236-243
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14279-1