Verlinde algebras and the intersection form on vanishing cycles

DOI10.1007/S000290050006MaRDI QIDQ1360286zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sabir M. Gusein-Zade, A. Varchenko

Publication date 27 April 1999

Published in Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610058

zbMATH Keywords

fusion rulesMilnor latticesingularitiesVerlinde algebrasWZW model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Local complex singularities (32S05) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10)

Abstract: We prove Zuber's conjecture establishing connections of the fusion rules of the $su(N{)}_k$ WZW model of conformal field theory and the intersection form on vanishing cycles of the associated fusion potential.

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