Lie algebra automorphisms, the Weyl group, and tables of shift vectors

DOI10.1063/1.528422zbMath0668.17011OpenAlexW2091601977WikidataQ115331825 ScholiaQ115331825MaRDI QIDQ3820759

Peter Bouwknegt

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528422

zbMATH Keywords

tablesalgorithmWeyl groupautomorphism grouporbifoldmoduli spacesimply laced Lie algebrasWess-Zumino-Witten modelstring models2-D conformal field theoriesgeneralized theta function identitiesshift vectors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Automorphisms, derivations, other operators for Lie algebras and super algebras (17B40)

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