Quantized enveloping algebras for Borcherds superalgebras

Benkart, Georgia; Kang, Seok-Jin; Melville, Duncan

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-98-02058-3

Quantized enveloping algebras for Borcherds superalgebras
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Abstract:

We construct quantum deformations of enveloping algebras of Borcherds superalgebras, their Verma modules, and their irreducible highest weight modules.

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