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Itzykson, C. (1991). W- geometry. In: Bartocci, C., Bruzzo, U., Cianci, R. (eds) Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 375. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53763-5_61
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