On Witten's extremal partition functions

DOI10.1007/S00026-019-00437-8zbMATH Open1433.05037arXiv1807.00444OpenAlexW2972087174MaRDI QIDQ2299102FDOQ2299102

Authors: Ken Ono, Larry Rolen 

Publication date: 20 February 2020

Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In his famous 2007 paper on three dimensional quantum gravity, Witten defined candidates for the partition functions ${\displaystyle }$Z_k(q)=sum_{n=-k}^{infty}w_k(n)q^n${\displaystyle }$ of potential extremal CFTs with central charges of the form $c=24k$. Although such CFTs remain elusive, he proved that these modular functions are well-defined. In this note, we point out several explicit representations of these functions. These involve the partition function $p(n)$, Faber polynomials, traces of singular moduli, and Rademacher sums. Furthermore, for each prime $pleq11$, the $p$ series $Z_k(q)$, where $kin1,dots,p-1cupp+1,$ possess a Ramanujan congruence. More precisely, for every non-zero integer $n$ we have that ${\displaystyle }$ w_k(pn) equiv 0�egin{cases} pmod{2^{11}} &{ ext { m if}} p=2, pmod{3^5} &{ ext { m if}} p=3, pmod{5^2} &{ ext { m if}} p=5, pmod{p} &{ ext { m if}} p=7, 11. end{cases} ${\displaystyle }$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.00444

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zbMATH Keywords

modular formsFaber polynomialsextremal partition function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Elementary theory of partitions (11P81)

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• The quantum Witten-Kontsevich series and one-part double Hurwitz numbers
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• Black holes and class groups

Uses Software

• Omega

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