Conformal and quasiconformal realizations of exceptional Lie groups

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-76

  Gunaydin M ^a,c   Koepsell, K ^b   Nicolai, H ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035620746     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005574     Document Type: Article

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