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View SchemaGraded Contractions of Affine Kac-Moody Algebras
| Authors | Marc de Montigny |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | q-alg/9512020 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9512020 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0305-4470/29/14/025 |
Abstract
The method of graded contractions, based on the preservation of the automorphisms of finite order, is applied to the affine Kac-Moody algebras and their representations, to yield a new class of infinite dimensional Lie algebras and representations. After the introduction of the horizontal and vertical gradings, and the algorithm to find the horizontal toroidal gradings, I discuss some general properties of the graded contractions, and compare them with the In\"on\"u-Wigner contractions. The example of $\hat A_2$ is discussed in detail.
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