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A classification of the unitary irreducible representations ofSO 0(N, 1)

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All inequivalent continuous unitary irreducible representations of the groupSO 0(N, 1),N≧3, and its universal covering group are classified.

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    Ulf Ottoson

  2. Chalmers University of Technology Fack, S-402 20, Göteborg 5, Sweden

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Ottoson, U. A classification of the unitary irreducible representations ofSO 0(N, 1). Commun.Math. Phys. 8, 228–244 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645858

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