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Kac-Moody algebra
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Etymology
Named after Victor Kac and Robert Moody, who independently discovered them.
Noun
en math A Lie algebra, usually infinite-dimensional, that can be defined by generators and relations through a generalized Cartan matrix. They have applications in theoretical physics.
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