Modular invariance of characters of vertex operator algebras

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 237-302

  Zhu, Yongchang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0030551014     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0894-0347-96-00182-8     Document Type: Article

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