PUBLICATIONS OF VICTOR KAC
- On a characteristic property of locally Euclidean spaces,
Usephi Mat. Nauk. 191 (1964), No. 4, 225-227.
- (Jointly with E. Vinberg) Quasi-homogeneous cones,
Math. Zametiki 1 (1967), 347-354 [English
translation: Math. Notes 1 (1967)].
- Simple graded Lie algebras of finite growth, Funkt.
Analys y ego prilozh. 1 (1967), No. 4, 82-83
[English translation: Funct. Anal. Appl. 1
(1967), 328-329].
- Graded Lie algebras and symmetric spaces, Funkt.
Analys y ego prilozh. 2 (1968), No. 2, 93-94
(English translation: Funct. Anal. Appl. 2
(1968), 183-184).
- Simple irreducible graded Lie algebras of finite growth,
Iz vestija AN USSR (ser. Math.) 32 (1968),
1923-1967 [English translation: Math. of
USSR-Izvestija 2 (1968), 1271-1311].
- Some properties of the contragradient Lie algebras,
Trudy MIEM, No. 5, 1969, 48-60.
- An algebraic definition of compact Lie groups,
Trudy MIEM, No. 5, 1969, 36-47.
- Automorphisms of finite order of semi-simple Lie
algebras, Funckt. analys y ego prilozh.
3 (1969), No. 3, 94-96 [English translation:
Funct. Anal. Appl. 3 (1969), 252-254].
- On classifications of simple Lie algebras over fields of
non-zero characteristics, Izvestija AN USSR (ser.
Math.) 34 (1970), 381-404 [English translation:
Math of USSR-Izvestija 4 (1970), 391-413].
- (Jointly with B. Weisfeiler) Exponentials in Lie algebras
of characteristic p, Izvestija AN USSR (ser.
Math.) 35 (1971), 762-788 [English translation:
USSR-Izvestija 5 (1971), 777-803].
- (Jointly with B. Weisfeiler) On irreducible
representations of Lie p-algebras, Funkt. analys y
ego prilozh. 5 (1971), No. 2, 28-36 [English
translation: Funct. Anal. Appl. 5 (1971),
111-117].
- Global Cartan pseudogroups and simple Lie algebras of
Characteristic p, Uspehi Math. Nauk. 26
(1971), No. 3, 199-200.
- On algebras related to quantum field theory,
All-Union Algebraic Colloquium, Kishinev (1971),
140-141.
- On irreducible representations of Lie algebras of classical
type, Uspehi Math. Nauk. 27 (1972), No. 5,
237-238.
- Filtered Lie algebras of Cartan type, Uspehi
Math. Nauk. 29 (1974), No. 3, 203-204.
- Infinite-dimensional Lie algebras and the Dedekind η-function, Funkt. analys y ego prilozh.
8 (1974), No. 1, 77-78 [English translation:
Funct. Anal. Appl. 8 (1974), 68-70].
- A description of filtered Lie algebras whose associated
graded Lie algebras are of Cartan type, Izvestija AN USSR
(ser. Math.) 38 (1974), 800-834 [English
translation: Math. of USSR-Izvestija 8 (1974),
801-835; letter to the editor, 40 (1976), No. 6].
- On the question of description of the orbit space of linear
algebraic groups, Uspehi Math. Nauk. 30 (1975),
No. 6, 173-174.
- Classification of simple Lie superalgebras,
Funct. analys e ego prilozh.
9 (1975), No. 3, 91-92; letter to the editor,
10 (1976), No. 2, 93 [English translation:
Funct. Anal. Appl. 9 (1975), 263-265].
- (Jointly with B. Weisfeiler) Coadjoint action of a
semi-simple algebraic group and the center of the enveloping
algebra in characteristic p, Proc. Kon. Nederl. Akad.,
Series A, 38 (1976), 136-151.
- (Jointly with V. Popov and E. Vinberg) Sur les groupes
linear algebrique avec algebres d'invariants libre,
C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 283 (1976), 75-878.
- A sketch of Lie superalgebra theory, Comm. Math.
Physics 53 (1977), 31-64.
- Characters of typical representations of classical Lie
superalgebras, Comm. in Algebra 5, No. 8 (1977),
889-897.
- Classification of simple Z-graded Lie superalgebras and
simple Jordan superalgebras, Comm. in Algebra 5,
No. 13 (1977), 1375-1400.
- Lie superalgebras, Advances in Math. 26,
No. 1 (1977), 8-96.
- Classification of simple algebraic supergroups,
Uspehi Math. Nauk. 32, No. 3 (1977),
214-215.
- Infinite-dimensional algebras, Dedekind's η-function,
classical Möbius function and the very strange formula,
Advances in Math. 30 (1978), 85-136.
- (Jointly with E. Vinberg) Spinors of 13-dimensional space,
Advances in Math. 30 (1978), 137-155.
- Representations of classical Lie superalgebras,
Lecture Notes in Math. 676 (1978),
597-626.
- Contravariant form for infinite dimensional Lie algebras
and superalgebras, Lecture Notes in Physics 94
(1979), 441-445.
- (Jointly with D. Kazhdan) Structure of representations
with highest weight of infinite dimensional Lie algebras,
Advances in Math. 34 (1979), 97-108.
- Highest weight representations of infinite dimensional
Lie algebras, Proceedings of ICM, Helsinki
1978 (1980), 299-304.
- Infinite root systems, representations of graphs and
invariant theory, Inventiones Math. 56 (1980),
57-92.
- An elucidation of "Infinite dimensional algebras
and the very strange formula"Ε8(1) and the cube root of the modular invariant
j, Advances in Math. 35 (1980),
264-273.
- On simplicity of certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras,
Bul. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 311-314.
- Some remarks on nilpotent orbits, Journal of
Algebra 64 (1980), 190-213.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Affine Lie algebras and Hecke
modular forms, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1980),
1057-1061.
- A remark on the Conway-Norton conjecture about the
``Monster'' simple group, Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci.
USA, 77 (1980), 5048-5049.
- (Jointly with I. Frenkel) Basic representations of affine
Lie algebras and dual resonance models, Invent. Math.
62 (1980), 23-66.
- Some remarks on representations of quivers and infinite
root systems, Lecture Notes in Math. 832 (1980),
311-327.
- (Jointly with D. Kazhdan, J. Lepowsky and R. Wilson)
Realization of the basic representation of the Euclidean Lie
algebras, Advances in Math. 42 (1981), 83-112.
- Simple Lie groups and the Legendre symbol, Lecture
Notes in Math. 848 (1981), 110-124.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Spin and wedge representations
of infinite dimensional Lie algebras and groups, Proc.
Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 78 (1981), 3308-3312.
- (Jointly with O. Gabber) On defining relations of
certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, Bull. Amer. Math.
Soc. 5 (1981), 185-189.
- (Jointly with K. Watanabe) Finite linear groups whose
ring of invariants is a complete intersection, Bull.
Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1982), 221-223.
- (Jointly with V. Deodhar and O. Gabber) Structure of some
categories of representations of infinite dimensional Lie
algebras, Advances in Math. 45 (1982),
92-116.
- Infinite root systems, representations of graphs and
invariant theory II, Journal of Algebra 78
(1982), 141-162.
- Some problems on infinite dimensional Lie algebras and
their representations, Lecture Notes in Math.
933 (1982), 117-126.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Infinite flag varieties and
conjugacy theorems, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA
80 (1983), 1778-1782.
- Montecatini lectures on invariant theory, Lecture
Notes in Math. 996 (1983), 74-108.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Regular functions on certain
infinite-dimensional groups, Arithmetic and Geometry (ed. M.
Artin and J. Tate), Progress in Math. 36,
Birkhäuser, Boston (1983), 141-166.
- Infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, Progress in
Math. 44, Birkhäuser, Boston, (1983).
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Infinite dimensional Lie
algebras, theta functions and modular forms, Advances in
Math. 53 (1984), 125-264.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Unitary structure in
representation of infinite-dimensional groups and a convexity
theorem, Invent. Math. 76 (1984), 1-14.
- Laplace operators of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras
and theta functions, Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA
81 (1984), 645-647.
- (Jointly with J. Dadok) Polar representations, J.
Algebra 92 (1985), 504-524.
- Infinite dimensional Lie algebras, second edition,
Cambridge University Press, (1985).
- Torsion in cohomology of compact Lie groups and Chow
rings of reductive algebraic groups, Invent. Math.
80 (1985), 69-79.
- (Jointly with H. Jakobsen) A new class of unitarizable
highest weight representations of infinite-dimensional Lie
algebras, Lecture Notes in Physics 226 (1985),
1-20.
- Constructing groups associated to infinite-dimensional Lie
algebras, Proceedings of the conference on Infinite-dimensional
groups, Berkeley (1984), MSRI publ. #4 (1985), 167-216.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson), Defining relations of certain
infinite-dimensional groups, Proceedings of the Cartan
conference, Lyon (1984), Asterisque (1985), Numero hors serie,
165-208.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) Generalized invariants of
groups generated by reflections, in Proceedings of the
Conference Giornate di Geometria, Rome (1984). Progress
in Math. 60, Birkhäuser (1985), 231-250.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) 112 Constructions of the basic
representation of the loop group of Ε8, Proceedings of
the conference ``Anomalies, geometry, topology,'' Argonne
(1985). World Scientific (1985), 276-298.
- (Jointly with I.T. Todorov) Superconformal current algebras
and their unitary representations, Comm. Math.
Physics 102 (1985), 337-347.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Unitarizable highest weight
representations of the Virasoro, Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond
algebras, in Proceedings of the Symposium on conformal groups
and structures, Claustal, (1985). Lecture Notes in
Physics 261 (1986), 345-372.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson), Lectures on the infinite
wedge representation and the MKP hierarchy, Seminaire de
Math. Superieures, Les Presses de L'Universite de
Montreal 102 (1986), 141-186.
- Highest weight representations of conformal current
algebras, Symposium on Topological and Geometric methods in
Field theory, Espoo, Finland, (1986). World Scientific (1986),
3-16.
- (Jointly with D. Peterson) On geometric invariant theory
for infinite-dimensional groups, in Lecture Notes in
Math. 1271 (1987), 102-142.
- (Jointly with J. Van de Leur) Super boson-fermion
correspondence, Ann. de L'Institute Fourier 37
(1987), 99-137.
- (Jointly with A. Raina) Bombay lectures on highest weight
representations of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, World
Scientific, (1987).
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Modular and conformal
invariance constraints in representation theory of affine
algebras, Advances in Math. 70 (1988), 156-234.
- (Jointly with E. Arbarello, C. de Concini and C. Procesi)
Moduli spaces and curves and representation theory,
Comm. in Math. Phys. 117 (1988), 1-36.
- (Jointly with M. Niculescu-Sanielevici) Decomposition of
representations of exceptional affine algebras with respect
to conformal subalgebras, Phys. Rev. D 37
(1988), 2231-2237.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Modular invariant
representations of infinite dimensional Lie algebras and
superalgebras, Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 85
(1988), 4956-4960.
- (Jointly with R. Moody and M. Wakimoto) On Ε10, Proceedings of the 1987 conference on
differential-geometrical methods in physics, Kluwer (1988), 102-128.
- (Jointly with H. Jakobsen) A new class of unitarizable
highest weight representations of infinite-dimensional Lie
algebras II, J. Funct. Anal. 82 (1989), 69-90.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Exceptional hierarchies of
soliton equations, Proceedings of Symposia in Pure
Math. 49 (1989), 191-237.
- (Jointly with E. Arbarello and C. de Concini) The
infinite wedge representation and the reciprocity law for
algebraic curves, Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Math.
49 (1989), 171-190.
- (Jointly with C. de Concini and D. Kazhdan) Boson-fermion
correspondence over Ζ , in Infinite-dimensional Lie
algebras and groups, Adv. Ser. Math. Phys. 7
(1989), 124-137.
- (Jointly with J. van de Leur) Super boson-fermion
correspondence of type B, in Infinite dimensional Lie
algebras and groups, Adv. Ser. Math. Phys. 7,
World Scientific (1989), 369-406.
- (Jointly with J. van de Leur) On classification of
superconformal algebras, in Strings 88, World
Scientific (1989), 77-106.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Classifications of modular
invariant representations of affine algebras, in Infinite
dimensional Lie algebras and groups, Adv. Ser. Math.
Phys. 7, World Scientific (1989), 138-177.
- (Jointly with C. de Concini) Representation of quantum
groups at roots of 1, Colloque Dixmier (1990), Progress
in Math. 92, Birkhäuser (1990), 471-506.
- Infinite dimensional Lie algebras, 3rd Ed., Cambridge
University Press, (1990).
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Branching functions for
winding subalgebras and tensor products, Acta
Applicandae Math. 21 (1990), 3-39.
- (Jointly with A. S. Schwarz) Geometric interpretation of
partition function of 2D quantum gravity, Phys. Lett.
B 257 (1991), 329-334.
- (Jointly with C. de Concini) Representations of quantum
groups at roots of 1: reduction to the exceptional case, in
Adv. Series in Math. Phys. 16A (1992),
141-150.
- Modular invariance in mathematics and physics, AMS
Centennial Publications II, Mathematics into the 21st
century, (1992), 337-350.
- (Jointly with S. P. Wang) On automorphisms of Kac-Moody
algebras and groups, Advances in Math. 92 (1992),
129-195.
- (Jointly with C. de Concini and C. Procesi) Quantum
coadjoint action, AMS Math. Journal 5 (1992),
151-190.
- (Jointly with E. Frenkel and M. Wakimoto) Characters and
fusion rules for W-algebras via quantized Drinfeld-Sokolov
reduction, Comm. in Math. Phys., 147 (1992),
295-328.
- (Jointly with C. de Concini and C. Procesi) Some
remarkable degenerations of quantum groups, Comm.
Math. Phys. 157 (1993), 405-427.
- (Jointly with J. van de Leur) The n-component KP
hierarchy and representation theory, in Important
developments in soliton theory, 302-343, Eds.
A.S. Fokas and V.E. Zakharov, Springer-Verlag,
(1993).
- (Jointly with A. Radul) Quasifinite highest weight
modules over the Lie algebra of differential operators on the
circle, Comm. Math. Phys. 157 (1993),
429-457.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) A construction of generalized
spin models, in Perspectives in Math. Physics,
Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3, International Press (1994),
125-150.
- (Jointly with W. Wang) Vertex operator superalgebras and
their representations, Contemporary Mathematics
175 (1994), 161-191.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Integrable highest weight
modules over affine superalgebras and number theory,
Progress in Math. 123 (1994), 415-456.
- (Jointly with C. de Concini and C. Procesi) Some quantum
analogues of solvable Lie groups, Proceedings of the
International Colloquium on Geometry and Analysis, Bombay
(1992), Oxford University Press (1995), 41-66.
- (Jointly with A. Radul) Poisson structure in restricted Lie
algebras, The Gelfand Mathematical Seminars, 1996-1999,
Birkhause, Boston (1999), 77-84.
- (Jointly with E. Frenkel, A. Radul and W. Wang)
W1+∞ and W(glN)at central charge N,
Comm. Math. Phys. 170 (1995), 337-357.
- (Jointly with S.J. Kang) Trace formula for graded Lie
algebras and monstrous moonshine, Canadian Math. Soc. Conference
Proceedings 16 (1995), 141-154.
- (Jointly with J. Beck) Finite-dimensional representations
of quantum affine algebras at roots of 1, AMS Math.
Journal 9 (1996), 391-423.
- (Jointly with E. Medina) On the SKP hierarchy,
Lett.Math.Phys. 37 (1996), 435-448.
- (Jointly with A. Radul) Representation theory of
the vertex algebra W(1+∞) ,
Transformation groups 1 (1996), 41-70.
- Vertex algebras for beginners, University lecture series,
AMS, vol. 10 (1996).
- (Jointly with I. Todorov) Affine orbifolds and
RCFT extensions of W(1+∞) ,
Comm. Math.Phys., 190 (1997), 57-111.
- (Jointly with S.J. Cheng) A new N =
6 superconformal algebra, Comm. Math.
Phys., 186 (1997), 219-231.
- Conformal superalgebras and transitive group actions on
quadrics, Comm. Math. Phys., 186 (1997),
233-252.
- The idea of locality, in Physical applications and
mathematical aspects of geometry, groups and algebras, H.D. Doebner
et al. Eds, World Sci., Singapore (1997), 16-32, q-alg/9709008
- (Jointly with S. J. Cheng) Conformal modules,
Asian J. Math. 1 (1997), 181-193. Erratum 2 (1998),
153-156.
- (Jointly with J. van de Leur) The geometry of
spinors and the multicomponent BKP and DKP
hierarchies, CRM Proceedings and Lecture
Notes, 14 (1998), 159-202.
- (Jointly with S. J. Cheng and M. Wakimoto) Extensions of
conformal modules, in Topological field theory,
primitive forms and related topics, Proceedings of Taniguchi
and RIMS symposia, Progress in Math. 160,
Birkhäuser (1998), 79-130.
- Formal distribution algebras and conformal algebras, in
Proceedings of the 12th International Congress in Math. Physics, (1997),
De Witt et al. Eds, International Press, Boston, (1999),
80-97, q-alg/9709027
- (Jointly with A. d'Andrea) Structure theory of finite
conformal algebras, Selecta Matemathica, 4 (1998),
377-418.
- (Jointly with M. Golenishcheva-Kutuzova) Γ-conformal algebras, J. Math Physics
39 (1998), 2290-2305, q-alg/9709006
- (Jointly with C. Boyallian, J. Liberati and C. Yan)
Quasifinite highest weight modules over the Lie algebra of
matrix differential operators on the circle, J. Math
Physics, 39 (1998), 2910-2928.
- (Jointly with W. Wang and C. Yan) Quasifinite
representations of classical Lie subalgebras of W(1+∞), Advances in Math, 139 (1998),
56-140.
- Classification of infinite-dimensional simple linearly
compact Lie superalgebras, Advances in Math., 139
(1998), 1-55.
- Vertex algebras for beginners, 2nd Ed. (1998).
- (Jointly with B. Bakalov and A. Voronov)
Cohomology of conformal algebras,
Comm. Math. Phys.200 (1999), 561-598.
- (Jointly with S. J. Cheng) Generalized Spencer
cohomology and filtered deformations of Ζ-graded Lie superalgebras, Advances in Theor. and
Math. Physics, 2(1998), 1139-1180.
- (Jointly with S. J. Cheng) Structure of some Ζ-graded Lie superalgebras of vector fields,
Transformation groups, 4(1999), 219-272.
- (Jointly with A. Smilga) Vacuum structure in
supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories with any gauge group, Golfand
Memorial Volume, World Sci., (1999).
- (Jointly with A. Smilga) Normalized vacuum states in N=4
supersymmetric Yang-Mills quantum mechanics with any gauge group,
Nuclear Physics, B571 (2000), 515-554.
- (Jointly with S. J. Cheng and M. Wakimoto)
Extensions of Neveu-Schwarz conformal modules, J. Math. Physics,
41(2000), 2271-2294.
- Classification of infinite-dimensional simple groups of supersymmetries and quantum
field theory, Proceedings of the conference " Visions in Mathematics toward the year
2000 ", GAFA , Special volume (2000), 162-183. math.QA/9912235
- (with J. Liberati) Unitary quasifinite representations of W∞, Letters in Math. Phys. 53
(2000), 11-27. math.QA/9910172
- (with C. Martinez and E. Zelmanov) Graded simple Jordan superalgebras of growth one,
Memoirs of AMS 711, 2001, pp 1-140.
- (Jointly with M. Wakimoto) Integrable highest
weight modules over affine superalgebras and Appell's function,
Comm. Math. Phys.215 (2001),631-682. math-ph/0006007
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