## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Characters, dual pairs, and unitary representations

Tomasz Przebinda

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 69, Number 3 (1993), 547-592.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077293727

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-06923-2

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1208811

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0788.22018

Subjects
Primary: 22E46: Semisimple Lie groups and their representations

#### Citation

Przebinda, Tomasz. Characters, dual pairs, and unitary representations. Duke Math. J. 69 (1993), no. 3, 547--592. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-06923-2. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077293727.

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