Generalized Symmetric Spaces
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805 OId~ich Kowalski
Generalized Symmetric Spaces
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1980
Author OId~ich Kowalski Department of Mathematical Analysis Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University, Sokolovska 83 186 00 Prague/Czechoslovakia
AMS Subject Classifications (1980): 15A21, 17 B40, 22 E25, 53C05, 53C20, 53C30, 53C35, 53C55 ISBN 3-540-10002-4 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork ISBN 0-387-10002-4 Springer-Verlag NewYork Heidelberg Berlin This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under £354 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. © by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980 Printed in Germany Printing and binding: Beltz Offsetdruck, Hemsbach/Bergstr. 2141/3140-543210
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