Representations of affine superalgebras and mock theta functions (Q2249225)

In the paper under review, the authors show that the normalized supercharacters of principal admissible modules over the affine Lie superalgebras \(\widehat{sl}_{2|1}\) and \(\widehat{psl}_{2|2}\) can be modified to form a modular or S-invariant family of functions, respectively. Via quantum Hamiltonian reduction, this leads to new families of positive energy modules over the \(N=2\) and \(N=4\) superconformal algebras, respectively, whose modified characters and supercharacters form a modular invariant family. For Parts II and III, see Adv. Math. 300, 17--70 (2016; Zbl 1372.17020) and Izv. Math. 80, No. 4, 693--750 (2016) and Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Mat. 80, No. 4, 65--122 (2016; Zbl 1373.17027).