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Advances in Mathematical Physics
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 509538, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/509538
Review Article
Gauge Symmetry and Howe Duality in 4D Conformal Field Theory Models
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Tsarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Received 17 September 2009; Accepted 28 October 2009
Academic Editor: Richard Kerner
Copyright © 2010 Ivan Todorov. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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