The elliptic genus of Calabi-Yau 3- and 4-folds, product formulae and generalized Kac-Moody algebras

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Neumann, C D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calabi Yau 3 and 4 folds; Generalized Kac Moody algebras; N = 2 heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032622960     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(98)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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