W geometry from Fedosov's deformation quantization

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 173-190

  Castro, Carlos ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrable systems; Moyal Fedosov quantization; Star products; Strings; W geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148609     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(99)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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