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Classical origin of quantum group symmetries in Wess-Zumino-Witten conformal field theory

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We elucidate the way by which the quantum group symmetries of the WZW models arise within the canonical formalism of the classical field theory.

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Gawedzki, K. Classical origin of quantum group symmetries in Wess-Zumino-Witten conformal field theory. Commun.Math. Phys. 139, 201–213 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102735

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