Vertex operator algebras of rank 2: the Mathur-Mukhi-Sen theorem revisited

DOI10.4310/CNTP.2021.V15.N1.A2MaRDI QIDQ2227769zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Geoffrey Mason, Yuichi Sakai, Kiyokazu Nagatomo

Publication date 15 February 2021

Published in Communications in Number Theory and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.11281

zbMATH Keywords

hypergeometric seriesmodular linear differential equationstrongly regular vertex operator algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05) Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69)

Abstract: Let $V$ be a strongly regular vertex operator algebra and let $frak{ch}_V$ be the space spanned by the characters of the irreducible $V$-modules. It is known that $frak{ch}_V$ is the space of solutions of a so-called emph{modular linear differential equation (MLDE)}. In this paper we obtain a near-classification of those $V$ for which the corresponding MLDE is irreducible and monic of order $2$. As a consequence we derive the complete classification when $V$ has exactly two simple modules. It turns out that $V$ is either one of four affine Kac-Moody algebras of level $1$, or the Yang-Lee Virasoro model of central charge $-22/5$. Our proof establishes new connections between the characters of $V$ and Gauss hypergeometric series, and puts the finishing touches to work of Mathur, Mukhi and Sen who first considered this problem forty years ago.

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