| Pontryagin Duality and the Structure of Locally Compact Abelian Groups Contributor(s): Morris, Sidney a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521215439 ISBN-13: 9780521215435 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1977 Annotation: These lecture notes begin with an introduction to topological groups. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Algebra - Linear - Mathematics | Algebra - General |
| Dewey: 512.55 |
| LCCN: 76053519 |
| Series: Anthropological Studies of Systems of Meaning |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" (0.47 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These lecture notes begin with an introduction to topological groups and proceed to a proof of the important Pontryagin-van Kampen duality theorem and a detailed exposition of the structure of locally compact abelian groups. Measure theory and Banach algebra are entirely avoided and only a small amount of group theory and topology is required, dealing with the subject in an elementary fashion. With about a hundred exercises for the student, it is a suitable text for first-year graduate courses. |