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Formal distribution algebras and conformal algebras

q-alg 2008-02-03 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Conformal algebra is an axiomatic description of the operator product expansion (or rather its Fourier transform) of chiral fields in a conformal field theory. This is a review of recent developments in the subject.

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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9709027,
  title  = {Formal distribution algebras and conformal algebras},
  author = {Victor G. Kac},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9709027},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

A talk at the Brisbane Congress in Math. Physics, July 1997, 20 pages, LaTeX2e