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The new notion of (G-graded contraction of Lie algebras is briefly surveyed. As physical applications, our results on Z2 × Z2-graded contractions of several Lie algebras commonly used in physics are presented, based on common papers with M. de Montigny, J. Patera, and P. Trávníček.
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Tolar, J. (2001). Graded Contractions of Lie Algebras of Physical Interest. In: Saint-Aubin, Y., Vinet, L. (eds) Algebraic Methods in Physics. CRM Series in Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0119-6_17
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