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A guide to Lie superalgebras

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Group Theoretical Methods in Physics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 79))

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We give an elementary presentation of the Lie superalgebras, their classification and some properties of their representations. A sketch of the classical Lie supergroup is also given.

Invited talk at the VI International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Tübingen, July 18–22, 1977.

On leave from the Physikalisches Institut Bonn.

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P. Kramer A. Rieckers

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Rittenberg, V. (1978). A guide to Lie superalgebras. In: Kramer, P., Rieckers, A. (eds) Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 79. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-08848-2_1

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