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Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics - Vol. 3

KAC-MOODY AND VIRASORO ALGEBRAS
A Reprint Volume for Physicists

edited by P Goddard (Cambridge Univ.) & D Olive (Imperial College)

This volume reviews the subject of Kac-Moody and Virasoro Algebras. It serves as a reference book for physicists with commentary notes and reprints.


Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Vertex Operators
  • Fermions
  • The Virasoro Algebra
  • Conformal Symmetry
  • The Wess-Zumino Model
  • The Monster Group


Readership: Mathematical and high energy physicists.


"It is a nice to have a collection at hand taking together some of the main fundamental papers of a rapidly developing subject."

H Boseck
Mathematics Abstracts, 1989




604pp Pub. date: Jun 1988
ISBN 9971-50-419-7 US$106 / £73
ISBN 9971-50-420-0(pbk) US$50 / £35


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Updated on 4 July 2008