An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis on Semisimple Lie Groups

Download or read book An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis on Semisimple Lie Groups written by V. S. Varadarajan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, this graduate-level textbook is an introduction to the representation theory of semi-simple Lie groups. As such, it will be suitable for research students in algebra and analysis, and for research mathematicians requiring a readable account of the topic. The author emphasizes the development of the central themes of the sunject in the context of special examples, without losing sight of its general flow and structure. The book concludes with appendices sketching some basic topics with a comprehensive guide to further reading.