Predictive Models for Point Processes by Wenzhao Lian Department of Statistical Science Duke University Date: Approved: David Dunson, Supervisor

To each category C of modules of finite length over a complex simple Lie algebra g, closed under tensoring with finite dimensional modules, we associate and study a category AFF(C)κ of smooth modules (in the sense of Kazhdan and Lusztig [9]) of finite length over the corresponding affine Kac– Moody algebra in the case of central charge less than the critical level. Equivalent characterizations ...

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