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MathSciNet review: 1567807
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Book Information:

Authors: J. M. G. Fell and R. S. Doran
Title: Representations of *-algebras, locally compact groups, and Banach *-algebraic bundles
Additional book information: Academic Press, San Diego, 1988. vol. 1, Basic representation theory of groups and algebras, xviii + 746 pp., $99.00. ISBN 0-12-252721-6. vol. 2, Banach *-algebraic bundles, induced representations, and the generalized Mackey analysis, viii + 740 pp., $99.00. ISBN 0-12-252722-4.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Dana P. Williams
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 311-314
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15840-0