Conformal field theory
Séminaire Bourbaki : volume 1988/89, exposés 700-714, Astérisque, no. 177-178 (1989), Talk no. 704, 32 p.
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Gawędzki, Krzysztof. Conformal field theory, in Séminaire Bourbaki : volume 1988/89, exposés 700-714, Astérisque, no. 177-178 (1989), Talk no. 704, 32 p. http://www.numdam.org/item/SB_1988-1989__31__95_0/

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