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Book Information:

Authors: Joe Diestel and Angela Spalsbury
Title: The joys of Haar measure
Additional book information: Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 150, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, xiv+320 pp., ISBN 978-1-4704-0935-7, US$65

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Review Information:

Reviewer: Joseph Rosenblatt
Affiliation: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Email: joserose@iupui.edu