Unitary representations of the Virasoro and super-Virasoro algebras

DOI10.1007/BF01464283zbMATH Open0588.17014OpenAlexW2102571154WikidataQ29399640 ScholiaQ29399640MaRDI QIDQ1073166FDOQ1073166

Authors: Peter Goddard, Adrian Kent, David I. Olive 

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01464283

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zbMATH Keywords

Virasoro algebraRamond algebrasuper-Virasoro algebrashighest weight representationNeveu-Schwarz algebraKac-Moody Lie algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

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