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Generalized Loop Modules for Affine Kac–Moody Algebras

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We construct new families of irreducible modules for any affine Kac–Moody algebra by considering the parabolic induction from irreducible modules over the Heisenberg subalgebra with a nonzero central charge.

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The first author was supported in part by the CNPq grant (301320/2013-6) and by the Fapesp grant (2014/09310-5). The second author was supported by the CNPq grant (309742/2013-7).

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Futorny, V., Kashuba, I. (2014). Generalized Loop Modules for Affine Kac–Moody Algebras. In: Mason, G., Penkov, I., Wolf, J. (eds) Developments and Retrospectives in Lie Theory. Developments in Mathematics, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09804-3_8

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