Inönü–Wigner contraction of Kac–Moody algebras

DOI10.1063/1.530155zbMath0787.17023arXivhep-th/9207057OpenAlexW3101574179MaRDI QIDQ4201755

Parthasarathi Majumdar

Publication date: 6 September 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9207057

zbMATH Keywords

Inönü-Wigner contractionaffine Kac-Moody algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10)

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Most general flat space boundary conditions in three-dimensional Einstein gravity ⋮ On rigidity of 3d asymptotic symmetry algebras ⋮ Gradings and contractions of affine Kac–Moody algebras ⋮ Modules of graded contracted Virasoro algebras

Cites Work

• Possible geometrical origin of the fermionic gauge symmetry in Green-Schwarz-Siegel superstrings
• KAC-MOODY AND VIRASORO ALGEBRAS IN RELATION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS
• String theory and black holes
• On the Contraction of Groups and Their Representations

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