TY - BOOK AU - Varadarajan,V.S. TI - An introduction to harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups SN - 9780521663625 U1 - 515.243 19 PY - 1989/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Harmonic analysis KW - Semisimple Lie groups KW - Representations of Lie groups N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [310]-312; Compact groups : the work of Weyl Unitary representations of locally compact groups Parabolic induction, principal series representations, and their characters Representations of the Lie algebra Plancherel formula Invariant eigendistributions Harmonic analysis of the Schwartz space N2 - Now in paperback, this graduate-level textbook introduces the representation theory of semi-simple Lie groups. Containing appendices sketching some basic topics with a comprehensive guide to further reading, it is suitable for research students in algebra and analysis, and for research mathematicians requiring a readable account of the topic UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/87030911.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam029/87030911.html ER -