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Dedekind's eta-function and the cohomology of infinite dimensional Lie algebras
1Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.
Abstract:
We compute the cohomology of certain infinite dimensional Lie algebras which are subalgebras of Lie algebras introduced by Moody and Kac. We note a relation between our results and the cohomology of loop spaces of compact groups. Finally, we derive, by Euler-Poincaré, identities of Macdonald for powers of the Dedekind eta-function.
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