The Cohomology of Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras; Some Questions of Integral Geometry
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It is impossible to list even briefly its main achievements, and this is not the aim of this communication. Nevertheless, one cannot omit mentioning the outstanding papers by Harish-Chandra, Seiberg, Langlands, Kostant, A. Weil, which considerably advanced the development of the theory of representations and opned up new relationships; and, since we do not go into these questions, we will not be able to touch upon many of the deep notions and results of the theory of representations.
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