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Victor kac and robert moody: their paths to kac-moody lie algebras

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    Karen Hunger Parshall

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Berman, S., Parshall, K.H. Victor kac and robert moody: their paths to kac-moody lie algebras. The Mathematical Intelligencer 24, 50–60 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025312

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