Cartan-preserving automorphisms of untwisted and twisted Kac–Moody algebras

DOI10.1063/1.528227zbMath0683.17014OpenAlexW2003098314MaRDI QIDQ4732600

W. McGlinn, N. Gorman, Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528227

zbMATH Keywords

string theoryvertex operatoraffine Lie algebragroup of automorphismsGalilean group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Automorphisms, derivations, other operators for Lie algebras and super algebras (17B40)

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• Infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, theta functions and modular forms
• Fermions and octonions
• KAC-MOODY AND VIRASORO ALGEBRAS IN RELATION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS
• The Demazure–Tits subgroup of a simple Lie group
• Lie algebras associated with generalized Cartan matrices

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