W-symmetry is an extension of conformal symmetry in two dimensions. Since its introduction in 1985, W-symmetry has become one of the central notions in the study of two-dimensional conformal field theory. The mathematical structures that underlie W-symmetry are so-called W-algebras, which are higher-spin extensions of the Virasoro algebra. This book contains a collection of papers on W-symmetry, covering the period from 1985 through 1992. Its main focus is the construction of W-algebras and their representation theory. A recurrent theme is the intimate connection between W-algebras and affine Lie algebras. Some of the applications, in particular W-gravity, are also covered.
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World Scientific, Elsevier Science Publishers, Physics Letters, New York, Korteweg-de Vries, Nuclear Physics, Department of Energy, Department of Physics, North-Holland Physics Publishing Division, Cambridge University Press, Mathematical Physics Vol, The Netherlands Received, Theoretische Fysica, Academic Press, College Station, Department of Mathematics, Fundamenteel Onderzoek, Harvard University, Los Angeles, Universiteit Leuven, Composition of the Miura, Gelfand-Dickey Poisson, Itogi Nauki, Kyoto Univ, National Science Foundation New!
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- Supersymmetry and Supergravity by M. Jacob on page 740
- Nuclear Physics: Theory and Experiment by R.R. Roy on page 740
- Nonperturbative Quantum Field Theory (NATO Science Series B: Physics) by G. Hooft in Back Matter
- Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations by Earl A. Coddington on page 84
- Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) by Raoul Bott on page 489
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