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A question about q-binomials at roots of unity

I have a question about a lemma $9.3.6$ in the book A Guide to Quantum Groups written by Vyjayanthi Chari and Andrew Pressley. This question comes from page 301, "The restricted specialization&...
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Reasons about the difference between twisted affine algebras of $A_{2l}$ and other types

I am reading about Kac–Moody algebras. I have a question about the construction of twisted affine algebras. Let $\sigma$ be a graph automorphism of the simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. When $\...
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How does an element $T\left(z\right)$ act on a $\mathcal{U}_{q}\left(\mathcal{L}\mathfrak{sl}_{2}\right)\left[\left[z\right]\right]$-module?

Context Let $V$ be a 2-dimensional evaluation representation of the quantum loop algebra $\mathcal{U}_{q}\left(\mathcal{L}\mathfrak{sl}_{2}\right)$ with $a=q$. Also, for $m\in\mathbb{Z}$, the ...
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exceptional cases in Kazhdan-Lusztig

The Kazhdan-Lusztig story doesn't apply to the four exceptional cases $(E_6)_1$, $(E_7)_1$, $(E_8)_1$, $(E_8)_2$ (see this earlier question of mine). What's special about those cases?
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level 2,3 characters of affine su(2)

Does anyone know where I can find an explicit formula to compute the level 2 or level 3 characters of affine $su(2)$? I have found several sources that give a formula to compute the level 1 ...
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