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Results pertaining to the theory of representations of “classical” Lie superalgebras are collected in the survey.
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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennye Problemy Matematiki, Noveishie Dostizheniya, Vol. 25, pp. 3–50, 1984.
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Leites, D.A. Lie superalgebras. J Math Sci 30, 2481–2512 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02249121
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