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Lie algebra homology and the Macdonald-Kac formulas

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Garland, H., Lepowsky, J. Lie algebra homology and the Macdonald-Kac formulas. Invent Math 34, 37–76 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418970

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