The W3 Algebra: Modules, Semi-Infinite Cohomology and Bv Algebras

by Peter Bouwknegt

The study of W algebras began in 1985 in the context of two-dimensional conf- mal field theories, the aim being to explore higher-spin extensions of the Virasoro algebra. Given the simultaneous growth in the understanding of two-dimensional metric gravity inspired by analyses of string models, it was inevitable that these algebras would be applied to give analogues of putative higher-spin gravity t- ories. This book is an exposition of the past few...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540615288
• ISBN13: 9783540615286
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.