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The structure of standard modules, I: Universal algebras and the Rogers-Ramanujan identities

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Both authors gratefully acknowledge the hospitality of the Institute for Advanced Study and partial support from National Science Foundation grant MCS 80-03000, the Rutgers University Faculty Academic Study Program and the Rutgers University Research Council while part of this work was carried out

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Lepowsky, J., Wilson, R.L. The structure of standard modules, I: Universal algebras and the Rogers-Ramanujan identities. Invent Math 77, 199–290 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388447

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