Elliptic Genera and Vertex Operator Super-Algebras [electronic resource] /

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.

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Main Authors: Tamanoi, Hirotaka. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999
Subjects:Mathematics., Algebra., Nonassociative rings., Rings (Algebra)., Algebraic topology., Physics., Algebraic Topology., Non-associative Rings and Algebras., Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0092541
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