Unitary representations of the Virasoro algebra and a conjecture of Kac
Compositio Mathematica, Volume 67 (1988) no. 3, p. 315-342
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Chari, Vyjayanthi; Pressley, Andrew. Unitary representations of the Virasoro algebra and a conjecture of Kac. Compositio Mathematica, Volume 67 (1988) no. 3, pp. 315-342. http://www.numdam.org/item/CM_1988__67_3_315_0/

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