26–30 May 2026
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Europe/Sofia timezone
Conference in memory of Ivan Todorov

Modular invariant vertex operator algebras

26 May 2026, 09:30
50m
Chair: TBA , Location: Hall "Prof. Marin Drinov", BAS

Chair: TBA , Location: Hall "Prof. Marin Drinov", BAS

Speaker

Victor Kac

Description

A vertex operator algebra (VOA) V is called modular invariant if its character $tr_V e^{2\pi iz(L_0-c/24)}$ converges to a modular function in the complex upper half-plane. In my talk I will report on a joint work with Minoru Wakimoto, where we pose a few conjectures on modular invariant VOA and discuss for which k, the simple affine VOA $V_k(g)$ and simple affine W-algebras $W_k(g,s)$ are modular invariant. Quasi-modular invariance of VOA will be also discussed. The talk will be essentially self-contained.

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