Modular Forms, Theta Functions and Representations of Affine Lie Algebras

1992 ◽  
pp. 447-602
Author(s):  
N. Ja. Vilenkin ◽  
A. U. Klimyk
Keyword(s):  
Lie Algebras ◽  
Modular Forms ◽  
Theta Functions ◽  
Affine Lie Algebras

scholarly journals Quantum black holes, elliptic genera and spectral partition functions

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 1450048 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Bytsenko ◽  
M. Chaichian ◽  
R. J. Szabo ◽  
A. Tureanu
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Lie Algebras ◽  
Modular Forms ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Affine Lie Algebras ◽  
Hilbert Schemes ◽  
Spectral Functions ◽  
Infinite Dimensional ◽  
Elliptic Genera ◽  
Bps Invariants

We study M-theory and D-brane quantum partition functions for microscopic black hole ensembles within the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence in terms of highest weight representations of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, elliptic genera, and Hilbert schemes, and describe their relations to elliptic modular forms. The common feature in our examples lies in the modular properties of the characters of certain representations of the pertinent affine Lie algebras, and in the role of spectral functions of hyperbolic three-geometry associated with q-series in the calculation of elliptic genera. We present new calculations of supergravity elliptic genera on local Calabi–Yau threefolds in terms of BPS invariants and spectral functions, and also of equivariant D-brane elliptic genera on generic toric singularities. We use these examples to conjecture a link between the black hole partition functions and elliptic cohomology.

Conformal Blocks, Generalized Theta Functions and the Verlinde Formula

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shrawan Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Lie Algebras ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Theta Functions ◽  
Smooth Curve ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Affine Lie Algebras ◽  
Complete Proof ◽  
Conformal Blocks ◽  
Verlinde Formula

In 1988, E. Verlinde gave a remarkable conjectural formula for the dimension of conformal blocks over a smooth curve in terms of representations of affine Lie algebras. Verlinde's formula arose from physical considerations, but it attracted further attention from mathematicians when it was realized that the space of conformal blocks admits an interpretation as the space of generalized theta functions. A proof followed through the work of many mathematicians in the 1990s. This book gives an authoritative treatment of all aspects of this theory. It presents a complete proof of the Verlinde formula and full details of the connection with generalized theta functions, including the construction of the relevant moduli spaces and stacks of G-bundles. Featuring numerous exercises of varying difficulty, guides to the wider literature and short appendices on essential concepts, it will be of interest to senior graduate students and researchers in geometry, representation theory and theoretical physics.

scholarly journals Higher depth mock theta functions and q-hypergeometric series

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Males ◽  
Andreas Mono ◽  
Larry Rolen
Keyword(s):  
Theta Function ◽  
Modular Forms ◽  
Hypergeometric Series ◽  
Theta Functions ◽  
Mock Theta Function ◽  
Mock Theta Functions ◽  
Maass Forms ◽  
Mock Modular Forms ◽  
Harmonic Maass Forms

Abstract In the theory of harmonic Maaß forms and mock modular forms, mock theta functions are distinguished examples which arose from q-hypergeometric examples of Ramanujan. Recently, there has been a body of work on higher depth mock modular forms. Here, we introduce distinguished examples of these forms, which we call higher depth mock theta functions, and develop q-hypergeometric expressions for them. We provide three examples of mock theta functions of depth two, each arising by multiplying a classical mock theta function with a certain specialization of a universal mock theta function. In addition, we give their modular completions, and relate each to a q-hypergeometric series.

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