The Fake Monster Superalgebra

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-269

  Scheithauer, Nils R ^a  

^a DPMMS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001371743     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1999.1886     Document Type: Article

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