Amenable representations and dynamics of the unit sphere in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1171-1201

  Pestov, Vladimir G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0034553350     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001650     Document Type: Article

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