Victor Kac

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Victor_Kac
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
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gptkb:Enveloping_Algebras_and_Representation_Theory
gptkb:Infinite_Dimensional_Lie_Algebras
gptkb:Vertex_Algebras_for_Beginners
Introduction to Superstrings
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gptkb:Humboldt_Prize
gptkb:Wigner_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1943-12-19
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:editor gptkb:Journal_of_Algebra
gptkb:Transformation_Groups
gptkb:Communications_in_Mathematical_Physics
gptkb:Advances_in_Mathematics
gptkb:International_Mathematics_Research_Notices
gptkb:Selecta_Mathematica
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkb:Lie_algebras
mathematical physics
representation theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Victor Kac
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gptkb:Kac–Peterson_formula
gptkb:Kac–Wakimoto_character_formula
gptkb:Kac–Weisfeiler_conjecture
gptkb:Kac_determinant
gptkb:Kac_superalgebra
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English
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gptkb:Alexei_Lebedev
gptkb:Bong_H._Lian
gptkb:Minoru_Wakimoto
gptkb:Shrawan_Kumar
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Israel_Gelfand
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