\(W\)-geometry from chiral embeddings

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(93)90058-MzbMath0792.53069OpenAlexW2049911812MaRDI QIDQ687747

Jean-Loup Gervais

Publication date: 30 May 1994

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(93)90058-m

zbMATH Keywords

Virasoro algebraToda equations\(W\)-geometrychiral embedding

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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