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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1568192
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Book Information:

Author: Sigurdur Helgason
Title: Geometric analysis on symmetric spaces
Additional book information: Math. Surveys Monographs, vol. 39, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1994, xiv+611 pp., US$71.00. ISBN 0-8218-1538-5.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: François Rouvière
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1995), 441-446
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00602-6