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Workshop and Conference on Infinite Dimensional Lie Theory and Its Applications
July 17-25, 2003
The Fields Institute
Toronto, ON, Canada

Organizers
B. Allison (Alberta), S. Berman (Saskatoon), Y. Billig (Carleton), Y. Gao (York), E. Neher (Ottawa), A. Pianzola (Alberta)

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Discrete series of the Virasoro algebra and the smallest conformal field theories
by
Geoffrey Mason
University of California, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064, US.

We show how to classify rational vertex operator algebras with effective central charge <1. This extends the well-known characterization of the unitary discrete series of the Virasoro algebra. Time permitting, we also give some examples and applications.

Date received: June 20, 2003

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