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Generalized Kac-Moody algebras and some related topics

Author(s): Urmie Ray
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (2001), 1-42.
MSC (2000): Primary 17B65, 17B67
Posted: October 18, 2000
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Urmie Ray
Affiliation: Université de Reims, France
Email: ray@ihes.fr

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-00-00891-0
PII: S 0273-0979(00)00891-0
Received by editor(s): February 8, 2000, and in revised form July 20, 2000, and September 19, 2000
Posted: October 18, 2000
Dedicated: To the memory of my father
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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