Quantum reduction in the twisted case

Progress in Mathematics

Volumn 237, Issue , 2005, Pages 89-131

  Kac, Victor G ^a   Wakimoto, Minoru ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Determinant formula; Euler Poincar character; Free field realization; Quantum Hamiltonian reduction; Super conformal algebra; Twisted vertex algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991996929     PISSN: 07431643     EISSN: 2296505X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7643-7341-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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