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We give a new characterization of the affine Kac-Moody algebras in terms of extended affine Lie algebras. We also present new realizations of the twisted affine Kac-Moody algebras.
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Received: 17 April 1996 / Accepted: 11 October 1996
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Allison, B., Berman, S., Gao, Y. et al. A Characterization of Affine Kac-Moody Lie Algebras . Comm Math Phys 185, 671–688 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050105
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050105