Download or read book Vertex Operator Algebras Elliptic Functions and Modular Forms Dissertation written by Yongchang Zhu and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vertex Operator Analysis Elliptic Functions and Modular Forms written by Yongchang Zhu and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elliptic Genera and Vertex Operator Super Algebras written by Hirotaka Tamanoi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph deals with two aspects of the theory of elliptic genus: its topological aspect involving elliptic functions, and its representation theoretic aspect involving vertex operator super-algebras. For the second aspect, elliptic genera are shown to have the structure of modules over certain vertex operator super-algebras. The vertex operators corresponding to parallel tensor fields on closed Riemannian Spin Kähler manifolds such as Riemannian tensors and Kähler forms are shown to give rise to Virasoro algebras and affine Lie algebras. This monograph is chiefly intended for topologists and it includes accounts on topics outside of topology such as vertex operator algebras.

Download or read book Vertex Operator Algebras and the Monster written by Igor Frenkel and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1989-05-01 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is motivated by and develops connections between several branches of mathematics and physics--the theories of Lie algebras, finite groups and modular functions in mathematics, and string theory in physics. The first part of the book presents a new mathematical theory of vertex operator algebras, the algebraic counterpart of two-dimensional holomorphic conformal quantum field theory. The remaining part constructs the Monster finite simple group as the automorphism group of a very special vertex operator algebra, called the "moonshine module" because of its relevance to "monstrous moonshine."

Download or read book Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations written by James Lepowsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Introduces the fundamental theory of vertex operator algebras and its basic techniques and examples. * Begins with a detailed presentation of the theoretical foundations and proceeds to a range of applications. * Includes a number of new, original results and brings fresh perspective to important works of many other researchers in algebra, lie theory, representation theory, string theory, quantum field theory, and other areas of math and physics.

Download or read book Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Areas written by M. J. Bergvelt and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertex operator algebras were introduced to mathematics in the work of Richard Borcherds, Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky and Arne Meurman as a mathematically rigorous formulation of chiral algebras of two-dimensional conformal field theory. The aim was to use vertex operator algebras to explain and prove the remarkable Monstrous Moonshine conjectures in group theory. The theory of vertex operator algebras has now grown into a major research area in mathematics. These proceedings contain expository lectures and research papers presented during the international conference on Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Areas, held at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, from July 7 to July 11, 2008. The main aspects of this conference were connections and interactions of vertex operator algebras with the following areas: conformal field theories, quantum field theories, Hopf algebra, infinite dimensional Lie algebras, and modular forms. This book will be useful for researchers as well as for graduate students in mathematics and physics. Its purpose is not only to give an up-to-date overview of the fields covered by the conference but also to stimulate new directions and discoveries by experts in the areas.

Download or read book Vertex Operator Algebras in Mathematics and Physics written by Stephen Berman and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertex operator algebras are a class of algebras underlying a number of recent constructions, results, and themes in mathematics. These algebras can be understood as ''string-theoretic analogues'' of Lie algebras and of commutative associative algebras. They play fundamental roles in some of the most active research areas in mathematics and physics. Much recent progress in both physics and mathematics has benefited from cross-pollination between the physical and mathematical points of view. This book presents the proceedings from the workshop, ''Vertex Operator Algebras in Mathematics and Physics'', held at The Fields Institute. It consists of papers based on many of the talks given at the conference by leading experts in the algebraic, geometric, and physical aspects of vertex operator algebra theory. The book is suitable for graduate students and research mathematicians interested in the major themes and important developments on the frontier of research in vertex operator algebra theory and its applications in mathematics and physics.

Download or read book Vertex Operator Algebras Number Theory and Related Topics written by Matthew Krauel and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Vertex Operator Algebras, Number Theory, and Related Topics, held from June 11–15, 2018, at California State University, Sacramento, California. The mathematics of vertex operator algebras, vector-valued modular forms and finite group theory continues to provide a rich and vibrant landscape in mathematics and physics. The resurgence of moonshine related to the Mathieu group and other groups, the increasing role of algebraic geometry and the development of irrational vertex operator algebras are just a few of the exciting and active areas at present. The proceedings center around active research on vertex operator algebras and vector-valued modular forms and offer original contributions to the areas of vertex algebras and number theory, surveys on some of the most important topics relevant to these fields, introductions to new fields related to these and open problems from some of the leaders in these areas.

Download or read book String Path Integral Realization of Vertex Operator Algebras written by Haruo Tsukada and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affine Kac-Moody algebras are natural generalizations of finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras, and they have many important applications, such as the Rogers-Ramanujan identities and soliton equations. The aim of this book is to establish relations between vertex operator algebras in mathematics and the string path integrals of physics. The author realizes representation spaces of vertex operator algebras as spaces of functionals on functions on a circle. Integral kernels of products of vertex operators are interpreted as string path integrals over cylinders. Their traces are interpreted as string path integrals over elliptic curves. The book provides readers with background in vertex operator algebras and in the basic techniques of string path integrals.

Download or read book Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations written by James Lepowsky and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertex operator algebra theory is a new area of mathematics. It has been an exciting and ever-growing subject from the beginning, starting even before R. Borcherds introduced the precise mathematical notion of "vertex algebra" in the 1980s [BI]. Having developed in conjunction with string theory in theoretical physics and with the theory of "monstrous moonshine" and infinite-dimensional Lie algebra theory in mathematics, vertex (operator) algebra theory is qualitatively different from traditional algebraic theories, reflecting the "nonclassical" nature of string theory and of monstrous moonshine. The theory has revealed new perspectives that were unavailable without it, and continues to do so. "Monstrous moonshine" began as an astonishing set of conjectures relating the Monster finite simple group to the theory of modular functions in number theory. As is now known, vertex operator algebra theory is a foundational pillar of monstrous moonshine. With the theory available, one can formulate and try to solve new problems that have far-reaching implications in a wide range of fields that had not previously been thought of as being related. This book systematically introduces the theory of vertex (operator) algebras from the beginning, using "formal calculus," and takes the reader through the fundamental theory to the detailed construction of examples. The axiomatic foundations of vertex operator algebras and modules are studied in detail, general construction theorems for vertex operator algebras and modules are presented, and the most basic families of vertex operator algebras are constructed and their irreducible modules are constructed and are also classified. The construction theorems for algebras and modules are based on a study of representations of a vertex operator algebra, as opposed to modules for the algebra, as developed in [Li3]. A significant feature of the theory is that in general, the construction of modules for (or representations of) a vertex operator algebra is in some sense more subtle than the construction of the algebra itself. With the body of theory presented in this book as background, the reader will be well prepared to embark on any of a vast range of directions in the theory and its applications.

Download or read book Mathematical Aspects of Conformal and Topological Field Theories and Quantum Groups written by Paul J. Sally (Jr.) and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains papers presented by speakers at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Conformal Field Theory, Topological Field Theory and Quantum Groups, held at Mount Holyoke College in June 1992. One group of papers deals with one aspect of conformal field theory, namely, vertex operator algebras or superalgebras and their representations. Another group deals with various aspects of quantum groups. Other topics covered include the theory of knots in three-manifolds, symplectic geometry, and tensor products. This book provides an excellent view of some of the latest developments in this growing field of research.

Download or read book Lie Algebras Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Topics written by Katrina Barron and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of the conference on Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics, celebrating the 70th birthday of James Lepowsky and Robert Wilson, held from August 14–18, 2015, at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Since their seminal work in the 1970s, Lepowsky and Wilson, their collaborators, their students, and those inspired by their work, have developed an amazing body of work intertwining the fields of Lie algebras, vertex algebras, number theory, theoretical physics, quantum groups, the representation theory of finite simple groups, and more. The papers presented here include recent results and descriptions of ongoing research initiatives representing the broad influence and deep connections brought about by the work of Lepowsky and Wilson and include a contribution by Yi-Zhi Huang summarizing some major open problems in these areas, in particular as they pertain to two-dimensional conformal field theory.

Download or read book Vertex Operator Algebras in Mathematics and Physics written by Stephen Berman and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertex operator algebras are a class of algebras underlying a number of recent constructions, results, and themes in mathematics. These algebras can be understood as ''string-theoretic analogues'' of Lie algebras and of commutative associative algebras. They play fundamental roles in some of the most active research areas in mathematics and physics. Much recent progress in both physics and mathematics has benefited from cross-pollination between the physical and mathematical points of view. This book presents the proceedings from the workshop, ''Vertex Operator Algebras in Mathematics and Physics'', held at The Fields Institute. It consists of papers based on many of the talks given at the conference by leading experts in the algebraic, geometric, and physical aspects of vertex operator algebra theory. The book is suitable for graduate students and research mathematicians interested in the major themes and important developments on the frontier of research in vertex operator algebra theory and its applications in mathematics and physics.

Download or read book Differential Geometric Methods In Theoretical Physics Proceedings Of The Xx International Conference In 2 Volumes written by Sultan Catto and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-01-27 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings reports on some of the most recent advances on the interaction between Differential Geometry and Theoretical Physics, a very active and exciting area of contemporary research.The papers are grouped into the following four broad categories: Geometric Methods, Noncommutative Geometry, Quantum Gravity and Topological Quantum Field Theory. A few of the topics covered are Chern-Simons Theory and Generalizations, Knot Invariants, Models of 2D Gravity, Quantum Groups and Strings on Black Holes.

Download or read book In Search of the Riemann Zeros written by Michel Laurent Lapidus and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formulated in 1859, the Riemann Hypothesis is the most celebrated and multifaceted open problem in mathematics. In essence, it states that the primes are distributed as harmoniously as possible--or, equivalently, that the Riemann zeros are located on a single vertical line, called the critical line.

Download or read book Two Dimensional Conformal Geometry and Vertex Operator Algebras written by Yi-Zhi Huang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of vertex operator algebras and their representations has been showing its power in the solution of concrete mathematical problems and in the understanding of conceptual but subtle mathematical and physical struc- tures of conformal field theories. Much of the recent progress has deep connec- tions with complex analysis and conformal geometry. Future developments, especially constructions and studies of higher-genus theories, will need a solid geometric theory of vertex operator algebras. Back in 1986, Manin already observed in Man) that the quantum theory of (super )strings existed (in some sense) in two entirely different mathematical fields. Under canonical quantization this theory appeared to a mathematician as the representation theories of the Heisenberg, Vir as oro and affine Kac- Moody algebras and their superextensions. Quantization with the help of the Polyakov path integral led on the other hand to the analytic theory of algebraic (super ) curves and their moduli spaces, to invariants of the type of the analytic curvature, and so on.He pointed out further that establishing direct mathematical connections between these two forms of a single theory was a big and important problem. On the one hand, the theory of vertex operator algebras and their repre- sentations unifies (and considerably extends) the representation theories of the Heisenberg, Virasoro and Kac-Moody algebras and their superextensions.

Download or read book Moonshine the Monster and Related Topics written by Chongying Dong and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the proceedings of a Joint Summer Research Conference held at Mount Holyoke College in Jun 1994. As perhaps the first conference proceedings devoted exclusively to the subject known as "Moonshine", this work contains something for many mathematicians and physicists. Many of the results featured are not available elsewhere.