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Steinberg Groups for Jordan Pairs: An Introduction with Open Problems

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Interactions of Quantum Affine Algebras with Cluster Algebras, Current Algebras and Categorification

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The paper gives an introduction to Steinberg groups for Jordan pairs, a theory developed in the book recent book by Ottmar Loos and the author.

Dedicated to Vyjayanthi Chari on the occasion of her 60th birthday

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The author thanks Ottmar Loos for many helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper.

The author acknowledges with thanks partial support by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through a Discovery grant.

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    Erhard Neher

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Neher, E. (2021). Steinberg Groups for Jordan Pairs: An Introduction with Open Problems. In: Greenstein, J., Hernandez, D., Misra, K.C., Senesi, P. (eds) Interactions of Quantum Affine Algebras with Cluster Algebras, Current Algebras and Categorification. Progress in Mathematics, vol 337. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63849-8_4

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