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Cohomology in nonunitary representations of semisimple Lie groups (the group U(2, 2))

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A method for constructing special nonunitary representations of semisimple Lie groups by using representations of Iwasawa subgroups is suggested. As a typical example, the group U(2, 2) is studied.

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Translated from Funktsional’nyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 1–13, 2014

Original Russian Text Copyright © by A. M. Vershik and M. I. Graev

To the 100th birthday of Israel Moiseevich Gelfand

A. M. Vershik acknowledges the support of RFBR grants 14-01-00373 and 13-01-12422-ofi_m. M. I. Graev acknowledges the support of RFBR grant 13-01-00190-a.

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Vershik, A.M., Graev, M.I. Cohomology in nonunitary representations of semisimple Lie groups (the group U(2, 2)). Funct Anal Its Appl 48, 155–165 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10688-014-0057-9

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