Topological Groups and the Pontryagin-van Kampen Duality An Introduction

This book provides an introduction to topological groups and the structure theory of locally compact abelian groups, with a special emphasis on Pontryagin-van Kampen duality, including a completely self-contained elementary proof of the duality theorem. Further related topics and applications are tr...

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Main Author: Aussenhofer, Lydia
Other Authors: Dikranjan, Dikran, Giordano Bruno, Anna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter 2022, ©2022
Series:De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book provides an introduction to topological groups and the structure theory of locally compact abelian groups, with a special emphasis on Pontryagin-van Kampen duality, including a completely self-contained elementary proof of the duality theorem. Further related topics and applications are treated in separate chapters and in the appendix. A carefully-written introduction to topological groups Treats the structure theory of locally compact abelian groups Puts an emphasis on Pontryagin-van Kampen duality
Physical Description:XIV, 376 pages
ISBN:978-3-11-065493-6
978-3-11-065355-7