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Published papers
(* with coauthors, R exists only in Russian; comments italicized)
- 1R.
Spectra of graded commutative rings. Russian Math. Surveys, v. 30, N3, 1974, 209-210. Superschemes and algebraic supervarieties defined; submitted 2 years before Wess-Zumino's talk.
- 2R.
On an analogue of determinant. Russian Math. Surveys, v. 35, N3, 1975, 156.
Multiplicativity of the Berezinian is proved. The Berezinian is
interpreted as a K_1-functor in supersetting.
- 3R.
Lie supergroups and Lie superalgebras. Proc. of XIII All-Union Scientific Students Conf. in Math., Novosibirsk Univ. Press,
Novosibirsk, 1975, 94-95.
- 4*.
Supermanifolds (with F.A. Berezin). Math. USSR Doklady, 1975, v. 224, N3, 505-508. This is just an expanded smooth version of the algebraic results of [1].
- 5.
Cohomology of Lie superalgebras. Funct. Anal. Appl., v. 9, N4, 1975, 75-76. This is actually my worst paper. But people keep referring to it though it has nothing but obvious definitions.
- 6*R.
The structure of Lie supergroups and Fermi--Bose symmetries (with
B. M. Zupnik). In: Multiple processes at high energy, FAN, Tashkent,
1976, 3-50.
A short superization of S. Sternberg's book on differential
geometry.
- 7*.
Integral forms and Stokes' formula on supermanifolds (with J. N. Bernstein). Funct. Anal. Appl., v. 11, N1, 1977, 55-56.
Integral forms are introduced and Stokes' formula derived.
- 8*.
How to integrate differential forms on supermanifolds (with J. N. Bernstein). Funct. Anal. Appl., v. 11, N3, 1977, 70-71.
It is impossible to integrate differential forms over a
supermanifold (for the same reason it is impossible to integrate a
polynomial function over a noncompact manifold). Forms that can be
integrated - the pseudodifferential forms - are introduced.
- 9.
New Lie superalgebras and mechanics. Soviet Math. Dokl., v. 18, n.5, 1977, 1277-1280
The Darboux theorem is correctly formulated. The odd mechanics,
3 years later rediscovered by Batalin and Vilkovysky, is introduced
together with algebras that preserve it and associated contact
structures. (The paper contains counterexamples to Darboux theorems
of Kostant and to Kac's classification theorem of simple infinite
dimensional Lie superalgebras.)
- 10R.
Irreducible representations of finite dimensional Lie
superalgebras of type W. Questions of group theory and homology
algebra, Yaroslavl Univ. Press, Yaroslavl, 1979, 187-193.
- 11*.
Irreducible representations of Lie superalgebras of types W and S (with J. N. Bernstein). C.r. Acad. Bulg. Sci., v. 32, 1979, 277-27.
- 12*.
The invariant differential operators and irreducible representations of Lie superalgebras of vector fields (with J. N. Bernstein).Selecta
Math. Sov., v. 1, N2, 1981, 143-160.
Exposition of [10], [11] with details. The said operators are
listed and the uniquness of the integration theory that has (a) a
Stockes formula and (b) the convential integration on manifolds as a
particular case is demonstrated.
- 13*R.
Formula for characters of irreducible representations of finite dimensional Lie superalgebras of types gl and
sl (with J. N. Bernstein). C.r. Acad. Bulg.
Sci., v. 34, N8, 1980, 1049-1051. The so-called
Bernstein-Leites formula for atypical representations. (Erroneously
claimed to be true for all gl(m|n) while
proved for gl(1|n) only.)
- 14R.
Formula for characters of irreducible representations of finite dimensional Lie superalgebras of type C. C.r. Acad. Bulg. Sci.,
v. 33, N8, 1980, 1053--1055.
The so-called Bernstein-Leites formula for atypical
representations.
- 15.
Formulas for characters of irreducible finite dimensional
representations of simple superalgebras. Funct. Anal. Appl., v.
14, N2, 1980, 35-39. The so-called Bernstein-Leites formula
for atypical representations. (Erroneously claimed to be true for all
gl(m|n) while proved for
gl(1|n) only.) Description of typical
representations of pe(n).
- 16.
Introduction to the supermanifold theory. Russian Math.
Surveys, v. 35, n.1, 1980, 3-53.
The first review of the subject.
- 17*.
Superalgebra B(0,1) and explicit integration of the
supersymmetric Liouville equation (with A. N. Leznov, M. V. Saveliev).
ZhETF Letters, v. 32, n.1, 1980; Physics Letters, v. 96B, 1980,
97-99.
Super Liouville equation is completely solved by explicit
formulas.
- 18*R.
Examples of simple Lie superalgebras of vector fields (with D. V. Alekseevsky, I. M. Schepochkina). C. r. Acad. Bulg. Sci., v.
34, N9, 1980, 1187-1190.
Several series of new (as compared with Kac's list) examples and
regradings of old ones are described together with a way to
classification.
- 19.
Felix Alexandrovitch Berezin (with N.N. Bogolyubov, I.M. Gelfand,
R.L. Dobrushin, A.A. Kirillov, M.G. Krein, R.A. Minlos, Ya.G. Sinai,
M.A. Shubin). Russian Math. Surveys, v. 36, N4, 1981, 185-190
- 20.
Irreducible representations of Lie superalgebras and invariant differential operators (thesis). Steklov Math. Institute of the USSR
Academy of Sciences, 1981, 1-70.
- 21*.
Irreducible representations of the Lie superalgebra of vector fields and invariant differential operators (with J. N. Bernstein).
Serdika, Bulgarian Math. J., v. 7, 1981, 320-334 (=Sel. Math. Sov.
v.1, n.2, 1981, 143-160)
- 22.
Irreducible representations of Lie superalgebras of vector fields and invariant differential operators. Funct. Anal. Appl., v. 16,
N1, 1982, 76-78.
The results of [12], [21] are generalized to other series. The analog of
Hodge decomposition for the periplectic form is introduced.
- 23R.
Irreducible representations of Lie superalgebras of
divergence-free vector field and invariant differential operators.
Serdica, Bulgarian Math. J., v. 8, 1982, 12-15.
- 24.
Representations of Lie superalgebras. Theor. Math. Phys., v. 32, N2, 1982, 225--228. The description of irreducible
representations of sl(1|m) and osp(2|2n). A review of results on
irreducible representations.
- 25*.
Irreducible representations of type Q, odd trace and odd
determinant (with J. N. Bernstein). C. r. acad. Bulg. Sci., v.
35, N3, 285-286. The odd trace and odd determinant are
introduced. It is shown that irreducible representations of Lie
superalgebras fall into two major types, one of them - the
homomorphisms into q, the other one into gl.
- 26*R.
Lie superalgebras of string theories and integrable systems (with A. N. Leznov, M. V. Saveliev). C. r. Acad. Bulg. Sci., v.
36, 1982, 435-438. Systems associated with "stringy"
superalgebras are solved 'a la [17].
- 27.
Clifford algebra as a superalgebra and quantization. Theor. Math. Phys., v. 58, N2, 1984, 229-232.
A result of C. T. C. Wall on the Brauer group in supersetting is
rediscovered. An attempt to quantize antibraket is performed.
- 28*.
The solutions of the classical Yang-Baxter equation for simple
Lie superalgebras (with V.Serganova). Theor. Math. Phys., v. 58,
N1, 1984, 26-37. See also [R31] (Erratum)
- 29*.
Integrable systems and Lie superalgebras (with
M. A. Semenov-Tian-Shansky). Proceeding of LOMI Seminars
(L. D. Faddeev ed.), Nauka, Leningrad, v. 123, 1983, 92-97 (in
Russian; the English translation: JOSMAR (J. Soviet Mathematics), v.
28 (4), 1983, 525-528) A review of the subject with some new
results; examples are considered in subsequent paper by R. Kirillova.
- 30.
Automorphisms and real forms of simple Lie superalgebras of
formal vector fields. In: Onishchik A. et. al. (eds.) Problems
in group theory and homology algebra, v. 3. Yaroslavl Univ. Press,
Yaroslavl, 1983, 126-127.
- 31*.
New Lie superalgebras of string theories (with B. L. Feigin) Group-theoretical methods in physics (Zvenigorod, 1982), v. 1,
Nauka, Moscow, 1983, 269-273 (Harwood Academic Publ., Chur, 1985,
Vol. 1-3 , 623-629)
- 32*.
Kac-Moody superalgebras (with B. L. Feigin, V. V. Serganova). In: Markov M. et al (eds) Group-theoretical methods in physics
(Zvenigorod, 1982), v. 1, Nauka, Moscow, 1983, 274-278 (Harwood
Academic Publ., Chur, 1985, Vol. 1-3 , 631-637) The
classification of simple Lie superalgebras of finite growth of certain
type and their central extensions: announcement.
- 33.
Lie superalgebras. In: Modern Problems of Mathematics. Recent developments, v. 25, VINITI, Moscow, 1984, 3-49 (in Russian; the
English translation: JOSMAR (J. Soviet Mathematics), v. 30 (6), 1985, 2481-2512) A review of the subject with some new results.
- 34*.
Cohomology of Lie superalgebras (with Fuchs D. B.) C.r. Acad. Bulg. Sci., v. 37, 12, 1984, 1595-1596 The results of
computations of cohomology with trivial coefficients of all matrix
superalgebras and vect(0|n) are announced.
- 35-39.
Superalgebra. Supergroup. Supermanifolds. Superspace. Character formula. Mathematical Encyclopaedia, v. 5, Soviet
Encyclopaedia, Moscow, 1985 ( = Kluwer, 1992).
- 40*R.
Instantons with gauge supergroup (with R. Yu. Kirillova).
Problems of nuclear physics and cosmic rays (D. V. Volkov
festschrift), Kharkov Univ. Press, Kharkov, 1985, 34-40.
The instanton solutions with compact gauge supergroup are
described a la Drinfeld-Manin's Description of
instantons.II".
- 41*.
Embeddings of osp (N|2) and completely integrable systems (with Saveliev M. V., Serganova V. V.).
In: Dodonov V., Man'ko V. (eds.) Proceedings of International
seminar group-theoretical methods in physics, Yurmala, May 1985.
Nauka, Moscow, 1986; 377-394 (an enlarged version in English is
published by VNU Sci Press, 1986, 255-297). Dynkin's
description of embeddings of sl(2) is
superized and applied to solve vector-valued analogs of superLiouville
equasion.
- 42.
Selected problems of supermanifold theory. Duke Math. J.,
v. 54, 2 (1987), 649-656
- 43*.
Models of representations associated with classical superdomains
(with V. Serganova), Math. Scand. 1991, 68, 133-147
A superization of Gelfand-Zelevinsky's construction of hidden
supersymmetry in Bidenharn's models.
- 44*.
Simple finite dimensional Lie algebras in characteristic 2
related to superalgebras and on a notion of finite simple group (with
Yu. Kochetkov). In: Kegel O. et.al. (eds.) Proc. Intnat.
algebraic conference, Novosibirsk, August 1989, Contemporary Math.
AMS, 1992, 59-67
The analog of Kostrikin-Shafarevich's conjecture in
characteristic 2 is reformulated and backed up with several new
examples.
- 45*.
Analogues of the Riemannian structure on supermanifolds (with E. Poletaeva). In: Kegel O. et.al. (eds.) Proc. Intnat.
algebraic conference, Novosibirsk, August 1989, Contemporary Math.
AMS, 1992, 603-612; Supergravities and contact type structures on
supermanifolds (with E.
Poletaeva). In: Bokut L. (ed.) Second International
Conference on Algebra (Barnaul, 1991), 267-274, Contemp. Math., 184,
Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1995 The analogs of Riemann
tensor on supermanifolds are calculated. A mathematician's attempt to
understand supergravity.
- 46.
New invariant differential operators and pseudo-(co)homology of supermanifolds and Lie superalgebras. (with Yu. Kochetkov and
A. Weintrob) In: Andima S. et. al. (eds.) General Topology and
its Appl., June 1989, Marcel Dekker, NY, 1991, 217-238
Continuation of [12], [8]. Tensor fields with infinite dimensional
fibers are considered and, unlike the case of manifolds, new invariant
differential operators are found. Bilinear differential operators
invariant with respect to contact transformations on N=1 and 2-
extended supercircles are listed. Semiinfinite (co)homology of
supermanifolds are introduced.
- 47-49*.
New N = 6 infinite dimensional Lie superalgebra with central extension (with M. Chaichian and J. Lukiersky), Phys. Lett. B., 225,
4, 1989, 347-351; N=6 from central extension of doubly
infinite superalgebras. In: Functional integration, geometry and
strings (Karpacz, 1989), 421-432, Progr. Phys., 13, Birkhäuser,
Basel, 1989; General D=1 local supercoordinate transformations and
their supercurrent algebras. Phys. Lett. B 236 (1990), no. 1,
27-32. It is shown that there exists just one simple Lie superalgebra
(among "stringy" ones) without Cartan matrix but with a
nondegenerate invariant symmetric bilinear form.
- 50*.
Cohomology to compute. In: Kaltofen, E., Watt,
S. M. (eds.) Computers and mathematics. Papers from the
International Conference on Computers and Mathematics held at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June
13-17, 1989. Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1989. xiv+326 pp.
(73-81)
The importance of cohomology for theoretical physics is declared
and backed up with some examples. Open problems are offered.
- 51*.
Metasymmetry and Volichenko algebras (with V. Serganova), Phys. Lett. B, 1990, 252, 1, 91-96
The conventional SUSY Lagrangians are shown to admit a symmetry
wider than supersymmetry. Simple finite dimensional Volichenko
algebras (nonhomogeneous subalgebras of Lie superalgebras) are
classified under a technical assumption.
- 52.
Towards classification of simple Lie superalgebras. In: Chau L. L., Nahm W. (eds.) Proc. Intntl. Conf. Geometry and
Physics, lake Tahoe, June 1989, Plenum Press, 1990,
The conjectural classification of simple vectorial Lie superalgebras performed with I. Shchepochkina is announced.
- 53*.
Classical superspaces and related structures (with V. Serganova, G. Vinel). In: Bartocci C. et al. (eds.) Differential Geometric
Methods in Theoretical Physics Proc. DGM-XIX, 1990, Springer, LN
Phys. 375, 1991, 286-297
The compact Hermitian symmetric spaces and superspaces whose
motion group is an infinite dimensional Kac-Moody (super)group or a
supergroup of diffeomorphisms of the supercircle are listed. The
corresponding analogs of the Riemann tensor are described.
- 54*.
Defining relations for classical Lie algebras of polynomial vector fields (with Poletaeva E.), Math. Scand., 81 (1997), no.
1,1998, 5-19 This is a transcript of a talk at the Euler IMI
Seminar, November 1990. The relations earlier implicitely described
by D. Fuchs are described explicitely. To the usual Chevalley
generators subject to Serre relations on the n-dimensional space we
add 1 or 2 more generators and obtained about 6 new relations for any n (instead
of, respectively, ~n3 and ~n6 implicite relations suggested by Fuchs).
- 55*.
Defining relations for simple Lie superalgebras. I. Lie
superalgebras with Cartan matrix (with V. Serganova), In:
J. Mickelsson, O. Peckkonen (eds.), Proc. of the conf.
Topological methods in physics, 1991, World Scientific, 1992,
194-201 The relations are calculated. Some of them are not of
Serre-type.
- 56*.
Defining relations for simple Lie superalgebras. Lie
superalgebras without Cartan matrix (with P. Grozman, Yu. Kochetkov,
E. Poletaeva), J. Nonlinear Math. Phys., to appear
The results of [54] are generalized to most of all simple Lie
superalgebras (of finite growth).
57*. On Einstein equations on manifolds and supermanifolds (with E. Poletaeva,
V. Serganova), to appear Analogs of Einstein equations are calculated
4n
for grassmanians Gr2n (and supermanifolds with a metric either even or odd;
these analogs are NOT supergravity equations).
58*. From supergravity to ballbearings (with P. Grozman). In: Wess J., Ivanov E. (eds.), Supersymmetries and quantum symmetries, Lecture Notes in Phys., 524, 1999, 58-67 The notion of Riemann tensor
for nonholonomic manifolds is defined. Example: the Riemann tensor is
calculated for an N-extended SUGRA for any N.
59*. On the defining relations of quantum superalgebras (with
R. Floreanini, L. Vinet), Lett. Math. Phys, 1991, 23, 127-131
[55] is used to q-quantize superalgebras with Cartan matrices.
Non-Serre relations are first described.
60. Quantization. Supplement 3. In: F. Berezin, M. Shubin. Schrödinger equation, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1991, 483-522 A way
to quantization that enables one to quantize the antibracket is
exposed. A review of supermanifold theory with an emphasis on
physical applications. A description of supermanifolds with the help
of Weil's functor of points (1954) later rediscovered many times (with
mistakes) in physical literature.
61*. Defining relations associated with the principal
sl(2)-subalgebras. (with Grozman P.) In:
Dobrushin R., Minlos R., Shubin M. and Vershik A. (eds.)
Contemporary Mathematical Physics (F.A. Berezin memorial volume),
Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2, vol. 175, Amer. Math. Soc.,
Providence, RI (1996) 57-68 Any simple finite dimensional Lie
algebra can be generated by certain two elements indicated and
relations between them are explicitely computed. E.g., for
sl(n) there are only 9 relations analytically depending on n.
62*. Lie superalgebras of supermatrices of complex size. Their
generalizations and related integrable systems. (with Grozman P.) In:
Vasilevsky N. et. al. (eds.) Proc. Internatnl. Symp.
Complex Analysis and related topics, Mexico, 1996, Birkhauser Verlag,
1999, 73-105 A new class of simple filtered Lie superalgebras of
polynomial growth is distinguished; the simplest example being
sl(lambda). Related continum hierarchies of
KdV type are further development of generalizations of
Khesin-Malikov's generalizations of Drinfeld-Sokolov's reduction.
63*. Supersymmetry of the Schrödinger and Korteveg-de Vries
operators. (with Xuan P.), hep-th 9710045 Kirillov's
interpretation of the stationary Schredinger and Korteveg-de Vries
operators is generalized to all distinguished simple Lie superalgebras
of string theories. There are exactly 14 such superazations.
64*. Shapovalov form for the contact Lie superalgebra on
1|6-dimensional supercircle. (with Grozman P.), Czech. J. Phys.,
47, n. 11, 1997, 1133-1136
65*. MATHEMATICA-aided study of Lie algebras and their
cohomology. From supergravity to ballbearings and magnetic
hydrodynamics (with Grozman P.) In: Keränen V. (ed.) The
second International Mathematica symposium, Rovaniemi, 1997, 185-192
Description of the package suitable for computer-aided study of
numerous questions of pure and applied mathematics and physics.
66*. Manin-Olshansky triples and Lie superalgebras. (with
Shapovalov A.), In: Proceedings of 28th Annual Iranian Mathematical
Conference, 1997; J. Nonlinear Math. Phys., to appear G.Olshansky showed that for certain simple finite dimensional Lie superalgebras there exist solutions of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation though no classical solutions. The
result is generalized to all simple Z-graded Lie superalgebras of
polynomial growth.
67*. Defining relations for classical Lie superalgebras with Cartan matrix (with Grozman P.), hep-th 9702073
68*. Lie superalgebras of string theories. (with Grozman P.,
Shchepochkina I.), hep-th 9702120 Acta mathematica, Vietnam, to appear
Classification of simple Lie superalgebras of string theories and
their central extensions is announced.
69*. Quivers and Lie superalgebras. (with Shchepochkina I.), Czech. J. Phys. 47, n. 12, 1997, 1221-1229
Bernstein-Gelfand-Ponomarev's functors which elucidated a famous
P. Gabriel's theorem are considered for Lie superalgebras. The analog
of E. Cartan's classification of simple Lie superalgebras of vector
fields is announced.
70*. Realization of Lie algebras and superalgebras via creation and annihilation operators. I. (with Burdik C., Grozman P. and Sergeev
A.) Russian J. Theor. and Math. Physics, to appear We offer
three algorithms which solve this problem and execute them with the
help of Grozman's SUPERLIE package to illustrate with new examples too
difficult for bare hands.
71*. Orthogonal polynomials of discrete variable and Lie algebras of complex size matrices (with A. Sergeev) In: Procedings of M. Saveliev
memorial conference, MPI, Bonn, February, 1999, MPI-1999-36, 49-70;
Theor. and Math. Physics, to appear The classical
Hahn's and Chebychev polynomials of discrete variable are interpreted
with the help of the Lie algebra of complex size matrices. All known
algebraic identities and several new ones get a lucid explanation. A
new approach to orthogonal polynomials in several
variables is indicated.
72*. Shapovalov determinant for Poisson superlagebras (with P.
Grozman), J. Nonlinear Math. Phys., to appear The said determinant is computed. Cf. with [64]. The paper is the first in the series where the analogy between Poisson
superlagebras in odd indeterminates and the general matrix Lie algebra
is traced.
73*. The local invariants of the nonholonomic manifolds. Stability and integrability of differential equations, to appear Exposition
of results delivered at ICTP school, 1991. The analog of Riemann
tensor for nonholonomic manifolds is introduced and computed for the
Engel manifolds.
74*. Classification of simple Lie superalgebras of vector fields (with Shchepochkina I.), to appear The classification announced
in [52] (preliminarily) and [69] (finally) is proven with details. It
overlaps with a classification of complete Lie superalgebras of vector
fields recently published by Cheng and Kac and corrects it.
75*. A new twist of Penrose' twistor theory (with Grozman P.) It is shown that the structure functions (analogs of the Riemann tensor)
on the "curved" Grassmannian of subsuperspaces in a superspace allow
superisation of the Einstein equations distinct form the conventional
SUGRA.
76. Indecomposable representations of Lie superalgebras. In:
Pogosyan G. (ed.), Memorial volume dedicated to Misha Saveliev and
Igor Luzenko, to appear A solution of a problem of I. Gelfand on
a toy, finite dimensional model. Unlike rival works by J. Germony, I
applied elementary methods of Gelfand-Ponamorev.
77*. How to quantize antibracket (with Shchepochkina I.), Russian J. Theor. and Math. Physics, to appear
The ``antibracket'' from
[9] is quantized (solution of a tempting problem) and a new and
exceptional quantization of the Lie superalgebra of Hamiltonian vector
fields on (2|2)-dimensional superspace is described: elucidation of
[27] and [60].
78*. Analogs of the Riemann tensor for the exceptional nonholonomic structures on supermanifolds (with Grozman P. and Shchepochkina I.), to
appear The said analogs are completely calculated.
79. How to superize Liouville equation, J. Nonlinear Math. Phys., to appear
80*. Casimir operators for Poisson Lie superalgebras (with A. Sergeev). In: Ivanov E. et. al. (eds.) Supersymmetries and Quantum
Symmetries" (SQS'99, 27-31 July, 1999), Dubna, JINR, to appear Further
investigation of Poisson Lie superalgebras, cf. [72]
81. The index theorem for homogeneous differential operators on
supermanifolds. In: Ivanov E. et. al. (eds.) Supersymmetries and Quantum
Symmetries" (SQS'99, 27-31 July, 1999), Dubna, JINR, to appear Bott's result on equivariant index is superized.
Contrary to certain ``theorems'' from literature, we show that the
index on supermanifolds does not always reduce to the index on the
underlying manifold.
In preparation
82*. Analogs of the Riemann tensor for flag manifolds
(with Premet A., Denisenkova O., and Grozman P.)
83*. Orthogonal polynomials of discrete variable and Lie
superalgebras of complex size supermatrices (with A. Sergeev)
Superization of [71]. New analogs of Chebyshev and Hahn polynomials
are found.
84*. Simple Volichenko algebras: a closer view (with V. Serganova)
An expansion and elucidation of [55], in particular, of certain
remarkable examples.
85*. Spinor-oscillator representations of Lie superalgebras. The said representations for distinguished simple Lie superalgebras of
string theories are described together with semi-infinite cohomology
and "critical dimensions" of string theories revisited.
86. Ghost and semiinfinite representations and cohomology of Lie superalgebras
87*. Orthogonal polynomials of several discrete variable and
generalizations of the Lie algebras of complex size matrices (with
Grozman P. and Sergeev A. )
88*. Orthogonal polynomials of discrete variable and
q-quantizations of the Lie superalgebras of complex size matrices
(with Sergeev A. )
89. Reducible and regular maximal subalgebras of classical Lie
superalgebras (with Shchepochkina I.)
90*. Howe's duality and Lie superalgebras (with Deligne P.)
91*. Classification of simple real Lie superalgebras of vector fields
(with Shchepochkina I.), to appear Real forms of the algebras
listed in [74].