A Note on Representations of the w_∞ Algebra

1992/09/18 by C.N. Pope, C. N. Pope, X. J. Wang +3
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9209067

6 pages. CTP TAMU-62/92

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Abstract

We explicitly demonstrate that the unitary representations of the w_∞ algebra and its truncations are just the unitary representations of the Virasoro algebra.

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