Virasoro algebra

In mathematics, the Virasoro algebra (named after the physicist Miguel Ángel Virasoro) is a complex Lie algebra and the unique central extension of the Witt algebra. It is widely used in two-dimensional conformal field theory and in string theory.

Algebraic structure → Group theory
Group theory
Basic notions
Group homomorphisms
Finite groups
Classification of finite simple groups
Modular groups
  • PSL(2, )
  • SL(2, )
Topological and Lie groups
Infinite dimensional Lie group
  • O(∞)
  • SU(∞)
  • Sp(∞)
Algebraic groups
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