## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Vertex operator algebras associated to representations of affine and Virasoro algebras

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 66, Number 1 (1992), 123-168.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077294666

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-92-06604-X

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1159433

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0848.17032

#### Citation

Frenkel, Igor B.; Zhu, Yongchang. Vertex operator algebras associated to representations of affine and Virasoro algebras. Duke Math. J. 66 (1992), no. 1, 123--168. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-92-06604-X. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077294666

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