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MathSciNet review: 3119825
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Book Information:

Author: N. Katz
Title: Convolution and equidistribution: Sato-Tate theorems for finite fields Mellin transforms
Additional book information: Annals of Mathematical Studies, 180, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2012, viii+203 pages, ISBN 13: 978-0-691-15331-5, US $75.00, cloth

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Emmanuel Kowalski
    Affiliation: ETH Zürich – D-MATH Rämistrasse 101, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
    Email: kowalski@math.ethz.ch
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 141-149
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2013-01412-5
    Published electronically: June 10, 2013
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2013 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.