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Quantum Reduction in the Twisted Case

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Infinite Dimensional Algebras and Quantum Integrable Systems

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  1. Department of Mathematics, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Victor G. Kac

  2. Graduate School of Mathematics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Minoru Wakimoto

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  1. St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Fontaka 27, 191011, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Petr P. Kulish

  2. Departamento de Matemática, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal

    Nenad Manojlovich

  3. IInd Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany

    Henning Samtleben

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Kac, V.G., Wakimoto, M. (2005). Quantum Reduction in the Twisted Case. In: Kulish, P.P., Manojlovich, N., Samtleben, H. (eds) Infinite Dimensional Algebras and Quantum Integrable Systems. Progress in Mathematics, vol 237. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7341-5_3

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