The notion of vertex operator coalgebra and a geometric interpretation

Communications in Algebra

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1541-1589

  Hubbard, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalgebra; Conformal field theory; Vertex operator algebras

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646769961     PISSN: 00927872     EISSN: 15324125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00927870500454828     Document Type: Article

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