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Universal Central Extensions of Lie Superalgebras

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In this article the universal central extensions of Lie superalgebras related to simple complex Lie superalgebras having nondegenerate Killing form are considered.

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Mikhalev, A.V., Pinchuk, I.A. Universal Central Extensions of Lie Superalgebras. Journal of Mathematical Sciences 114, 1547–1560 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022265215037

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