2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178013In this paper we will give a general introduction to the role of conformal symmetry in the microscopic interpretation of black hole entropy and then compute the entropy of a Schwarzschild black hole by finding a classical central charge of the Virasoro algebra of a Liouville theory and using the Cardy formula.To appear on the proceedings of the 5.International Conference on Symmetry in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics (Kyiv, Ukraine 23.-29.6.2003)High Energy Physics - Theorytext