Abstract Harmonic Analysis
Edwin Hewitt, Kenneth A. RossIt ha s not been possible to rewrite the entire book for thi s Second
Edition. It would hav e beengratifyingto re survey the th eory of topo-
logical groupsin the lightof progressmadein the period 1962-1978, to
amplify some sections and cur tai l oth ers, and in generalto profitfrom
our exp erience s ince thebookwas published.M ark et conditions and oth er
commitments in curr ed by the author s hav e dict at ed oth erwise.We have
non eth elesstaken adv ant ageof the kindnessof Springer-Verlagto make
a numb er of improvem ent s in th e t ext and ofcourseto corr ect mi sprint s
and math emat ical blunder s.
We arein d ebt to the r ead erswho have writt en to us or spoken with
us about the text, and we have triedto follow th eir suggestions. We are
h appy hereto recordour gratitud e to ROB ERT B.B UR CKEL , W .WI ST AR
COM FORT , RO BERT E .EDW ARD S, ROB ERT E . JAMI SON , JORGE M.L OP Ez,
TH EODOR E W. PAUfER, WILLARD A. PARKER ,K ARL R. STROMB ER G, and
FR ED THO ELE, as well as to a ho st of otherswho have kindly made sug-
gestions to us.
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