Group representations, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics : a tribute to George W. Mackey : AMS special session honoring the memory of George W. Mackey, January 78, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana - Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2008 - 1 online resource (ix, 446 p. : ill.) - Contemporary mathematics v. 449 10983627 .

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Ergodic theory
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Representations of groups